primary and freely shares his personal cell phone number with constituents. Waldstreicher outraised Socol 4-to-1, was endorsed by the Montgomery County Education Association, the state Sierra Club, and Service Employees International Union Local 500, and received support from the Maryland Democratic Senate Caucus Committee. He won the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022, defeating Socol with 63.8 percent of the vote to Socol's 36.2 percent. Personal life Waldstreicher is married. Together, he and his wife have three children and live in Kensington, Maryland. They are active members of Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, where Waldstreicher served on the Social Justice Committee and as a substitute Hebrew School teacher. Political positions Development initiatives During the 2019 legislative session, Waldstreicher introduced a bill that would repeal the Maryland Court of Appeals' ruling in Dumbarton Improvement Association, Inc. v. Druid Ridge Cemetery Company, Inc., which blocked development at the Druid Ridge Cemetery in Baltimore County, Maryland. He withdrew the bill in March 2019 after The Baltimore Sun asked him questions about the measure, saying that he hadn't intended to get involved in a Baltimore County land-use issue. Waldstreicher later introduced a bill creating a state office to mediate lawsuits from workers with asbestos-related diseases, the bill unanimously passed the Maryland Senate and received a 96-36 vote in the Maryland House of Delegates, but did not become law. Environment During his tenure in the Maryland House of Delegates, Waldstreicher repeatedly introduced legislation that would block state subsidies from going to the Luke Mill, a paper mill that the state government had considered "green energy" despite it releasing carbon dioxide through the burning of black liquor. National politics In September 2018, Waldstreicher signed a letter calling on local police and prosecutors in Montgomery County to investigate allegations that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had committed sexual assault while attending Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s. The county's chief of police and state's attorney said shortly after that they were "prepared to investigate any allegation, should a victim come forward." In September 2019, Waldstreicher joined Baltimore City, the town of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and a number of advocacy groups in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its public charge rule toward granting green cards or permanent residency to certain immigrants using public benefits. Policing During the 2021 legislative session, Waldstreicher introduced amendments to a bill repealing the state's Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, seeking