U.S. Senate GOP candidate Chris Chaffee
Hollywood, MD – Chris Chaffee is one of 14 Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Senator Barbara Mikulski, who is retiring. Chafee, 55, is the only Southern Maryland resident in the race. He lives in Prince Frederick with his wife Amy. They have four daughters and two grandsons.
Chafee is a builder who has been in business for 30 years. He told the BayNet he has turned his business over to his wife and now works for her.
Chafee ran for the House of Representatives against Steny Hoyer in 2010 and 2014. But this race is different in that it is statewide. Chafee said he has campaigned in all the state’s 23 counties from Ocean City to Western Maryland and has put up signs in each of them.
It was Mikulski’s vote for the Iran deal that prompted him to run for the U.S. Senate. “It was not a good deal for America,” He told the BayNet in a recent interview.
As he travels around the state he hears different issues mainly related to the economy and jobs. But he declared that ISIS should be America’s number one concern. He said the country needs to have better control over who is admitted to the country. “We need to know who they are before they come in,” he said.
“If we are going to have an objective of defeating ISIS, we are going to have to put troops on the ground,” Chaffee insists. He believes President Obama has depleted the military and when a Republican is elected president the first job will be building it back up.
On the failures of the economy he blames the Democrats. “We are being taxed and regulated by the Democratic Party,” he said.” Contributing to the economy’s woes, he added, are Dodd-Frank, Obamacare and the pressure to raise the minimum wage.
For a short clip of The Bay Net’s interview with Chafee go to:
For the entire interview, including Chafee’s views on gun control, abortion and gay rights, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I1mryF1X4U
For more information on Chaffee including how to volunteer for his campaign go to: http://www.chrischaffeeforussenate.com/
Contact Dick Myers at dick.myers@thebaynbet.com