gas tax until September. Franchot called for the General Assembly to form a special legislative session to pass legislation giving him the authority to suspend the state's inflation-based gas tax increase, which is scheduled to take effect in July. Legislative leaders rejected Franchot's request, saying that the gas tax hike pause would "not result in Marylanders seeking a price reduction at the pump" and would cost the state over $200 million in transportation funding. Transportation Franchot supports building the proposed Red Line transit line, but says the state should consider a monorail instead of "automatically going with conventional rail or light rail". Electoral history References External links Government website Campaign website Maryland Archives biography Peter Franchot papers at the University of Maryland Libraries 1947 births 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians Amherst College alumni Candidates in the 2022 United States elections Comptrollers of Maryland Living people Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Northeastern University School of Law alumni People from Takoma Park, Maryland Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut United States Army soldiers