ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP/WashPost) - Maryland is getting a new political party.
The Maryland State Board of Elections has certified a new socialist party called Bread and Roses.
The board verified that the party submitted the 10,000 voter signatures needed to be on the 2020 and 2022 ballots in Maryland.
The certification comes after progressive activist Jerome Segal who created the party ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Senator Ben Cardin in the Democratic Party primary.
After his defeat Segal unsuccessfully tried to get his name on the ballot for U.S.Senate as a Bread and Roses Candidate last November.
Segal told the Washington Post that his party has few specific policies, but rather emphasizes philosophical ideas.
Segal supports issues such as free college education and accessible start-up entrepreneurship training.
