Hoyer challenger Lollar to lead tea party group
Charles Lollar, a Marine Corps officer who unsuccessfully challenged Democratic U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer last fall, has been named as director of the Maryland chapter of Americans for Prosperity.
The tea party-affiliated group lost director David Schwartz when new Republican Congressman Andy Harris named him director of communications. In September, Schwartz pegged Maryland's Americans for Prosperity membership at about 23,000. The group, which calls itself a grassroots free-market organization, is legally barred from backing individual candidates.
“Maryland has the potential to be one of the most economically competitive states in the country,” Lollar said in a release. “The Maryland chapter of Americans for Prosperity is ready to work with its members to urge the governor and legislature to rein in wasteful spending and get a hold of the state’s unsustainable budget.”
Lollar, a Republican party activist, has never held public office. He was chairman of the Maryland Taxpayers Commission and has been involved with several business and leadership groups. Hoyer, former majority leader and current minority party whip, defeated Lollar by about 64 percent to 35 percent.






































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