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From the Baltimore Sun
Treasurer backed for new term
January 31, 2007
A panel of legislators overwhelmingly recommended yesterday that Nancy
K. Kopp, a former delegate from Montgomery County, be given another
four-year term as state treasurer.
Eight other people applied for the job, with experience ranging from
working at a bank to managing finances for the federal government, but
lawmakers showed no inclination to stray from Kopp, who is a Democrat.
In fact, most thought the one vote for another candidate was a mistake
because his name appeared above hers on the ballot.
"Why trade in for someone unknown when you have the almost perfect
person?" asked Del. Carolyn J.B. Howard, a Prince George's County
Democrat.
The treasurer manages state investments and has one of three votes on
the Board of Public Works, which has final approval of nearly all state
contracts. Kopp has held the job for five years. She needs the
endorsement of the full House and Senate for another term.
But legislators say that will be a mere formality. Kopp even won praise
from some of the other candidates and from Republicans on the panel.
"Not only do you do a lot of pretty good stuff, but the best thing is
you've always been very responsive to your constituents," said Sen.
Donald F. Munson, a Washington County Republican.
[ Andrew A. Green]
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