“Help is on the way! - Ed Hale Sr.
Meet Ed Hale: A Proven Leader for Maryland
Ed Hale is a lifelong Marylander born in Highlandtown, where he grew up in a blue-collar family and learned the value of hard work. As a successful businessman in shipping, banking, and real estate, Ed has built businesses, hundreds of buildings, employed thousands of Marylanders, and supported local neighborhoods through his ventures at the Bank of Baltimore and First Mariner. He's not a career politician—he's a results-driven leader frustrated with the current direction under Governor Wes Moore, whose national ambitions have left Marylanders behind.
Ed refuses to bow down to "stupid party politics" and is committed to uniting the Maryland residents and businesses around pragmatic solutions for everyday Marylanders. He's running to empower Maryland's business community, stop economic decline, ensure public safety, support key pillars like small businesses, farmers, emergency responders, and teachers, and leave a stronger state for the next generation. No national spectacle, just Maryland first.
Stop the Shock of Taxes and Price hikes
Economic Revival and Business Empowerment: Bank on Maryland's Comeback
Maryland's economy is hurting—businesses are fleeing due to high taxes and regulations, worse than our neighbors. Ed knows what it takes to build from the ground up. His plan:
- Freeze and Reduce Fees: Immediate stops to shocks like property taxes and utility rates; prioritize spending cuts over hikes to tackle the deficit without big government dependence.
- Revive Local Businesses: Make Maryland competitive again through reducing the tax burden on our workers and small businesses, streamlined regulations for entrepreneurs, and infrastructure investments to fix roads, bridges, and traffic delays—revitalizing our key commercial areas across the state.
- Independence from DC: Reduce reliance on uncertain federal grants amid potential layoffs; promote public-private partnerships to boost shipping and manufacturing, drawing from Ed's own career building jobs and neighborhoods.
Ed's experience proves it: He's created thousands of jobs and won't quit on Maryland's workers and businesses.
Latest News
WBALTV: Ed Hale announces Republican candidacy for Maryland governor in 2026
CBS News: Local News Baltimore businessman Ed Hale switches parties, formally announces run for Maryland governor
