Mark Conway

Conway obtained bachelor's degrees in government and politics and in philosophy from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in public policy. Conway worked as an analyst in the Baltimore mayor's office before becoming executive director of the Baltimore Tree Trust. He later served as executive vice president of the Chesapeake Conservancy.[1][2]

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Campaign websiteConway's campaign website stated the following:I’m running for Congress to take on systems that put corporate profit ahead of Baltimore families—and to deliver real accountability, affordability, and opportunity in every neighborhood. The challenges we face, from skyrocketing utility bills and speculative housing practices to an unjust healthcare system and decades of disinvestment in transit and infrastructure, are not separate problems. They are the result of power concentrated at the top while communities are left to pay the price. My work has always been about breaking that cycle: holding monopolies and polluters accountable, protecting renters and homeowners, guaranteeing healthcare as a right, building a modern transit network, and making sure federal dollars are spent with urgency and integrity. My goal is simple—to build a Baltimore where energy is affordable, housing is stable, healthcare is universal, neighborhoods are safe, and no community is treated as expendable.Cheaper EnergyEnergy costs are climbing nationwide…but Baltimore has become the epicenter of the crisis. Exelon, the largest utility company in American history, has poured political money into Maryland, limiting our leaders’ ability to stand up to them. In Baltimore, that influence was clear when the company teamed with local officials to push through a backroom deal that handed over our public conduit system and left residents with millions in new costs.Wholesale energy prices are hitting record highs, and here at home those costs are compounded by oversized infrastructure projects that boost Exelon’s profits while burdening our neighborhoods. These projects have driven up bills, torn up our streets, and forced unwanted equipment into our communities. The result: unprecedented shutoffs that have cost people their homes and destabilized families. Baltimoreans are being asked to pay more and get less.As a councilman, I’ve worked to hold BGE accountable for price gouging and for gaming the system at the expense of our residents. That work has made one thing clear: we can’t wait any longer for real utility reform.Break up monopoly power...by introducing PUHCA 2.0 to rein in utility conglomerates, banning political spending, and tying profits to reliability and affordability.Restrict utility lobbying and political influence...to end the conflicts of interest that has allowed Exelon has poured money into Annapolis and Baltimore politics to shield itself from accountability.Give communities real energy choice...by guaranteeing jurisdictions the right to form Community Choice Aggregation programs, and expand federal support for community solar, microgrids, and local clean power.Make data centers pay their fair share...by requiring that large corporate users cover the full cost of the infrastructure they trigger and block any new load that raises household bills.Reform federal wholesale energy markets...by introducing legislation to roll back market structures that prioritize corporate profit over community stability, ensuring regional prices serve the public good instead of Wall Street.Affordable HousingBaltimore is facing a housing crisis…driven not by families, but by speculators and developers who have treated our vacant homes and distressed neighborhoods as engines for profit. Investors use lightly regulated loans to buy properties in bulk, inflate values on paper, and walk away when the loans collapsed. Developers use public subsidies to finance luxury projects that never reached the communities most in need. And federally supported housing like Penn North Plaza fall into dangerous disrepair because oversight is weak and owners are allowed to neglect residents for years.These failures are connected. They reflect a system where the rules were written to reward speculation instead of stability. When the market chases profit at any cost, neighborhoods suffer, rents rise, homes sit vacant, and seniors are left in buildings that are unsafe and unfit to live in.On the City Council, I opposed short sighted upzoning proposals that would have opened the door to even more speculation, and I confronted the dangerous deterioration of subsidized housing, including buildings that had become hotspots for drug activity because oversight and maintenance had collapsed. I have taken on corporate abuse and government neglect across multiple systems, and I know how to push for accountability when families are being failed.As your congressman, I will:Stop predatory speculation...through regulation of DSCR and investor lending, requiring real underwriting and rehabilitation standards, limiting bulk buying in distressed neighborhoods, and creating a national registry to track investor ownership and foreclosures.End public subsidy giveaways for developers...by conditioning TIFs, PILOTs, and federal tax advantages on affordability and community benefit, banning subsidy stacking, and directing public investment to neighborhoods that have endured vacancy and disinvestment.Fight developer collusion in appraisals...by ending the collusion that inflated values in Baltimore, requiring independent review for investor portfolios, enforcing anti-discrimination standards in valuation, and strengthening oversight of subsidized housing inspections.Invest in community driven housing...by expanding federal support for community land trusts, limiting equity co-ops, and nonprofit developers, and making sure vacant homes and federal disposition properties strengthen neighborhoods instead of feeding speculation.Rebuild homeownership in legacy neighborhoods...by expanding small dollar mortgages, pairing home purchases with rehabilitation financing, supporting first generation buyers, cracking down on predatory home repair lending, and modernizing senior housing so longtime residents can age safely in place.Protect renters from displacement...by guaranteeing good cause eviction protections in federally supported housing, preserving leases during investor foreclosures, supporting tenant right of first refusal, and ensuring habitability and safety in all subsidized and investor owned properties.Baltimore deserves a housing system that strengthens neighborhoods instead of hollowing them out. My goal is simple: build a housing market rooted in families, stability, and opportunity, not speculation and profit extraction.Universal HealthcareAmerica’s healthcare system is built to serve corporations, not people.Families face soaring premiums, predatory hospital bills, and prescription drug prices that rise faster than wages, while insurance companies and Big Pharma post record profits. Too many people are forced to delay care, ration medication, or go without treatment entirely, not because help doesn’t exist, but because the system is designed to make care unaffordable and inaccessible.We need a healthcare system that guarantees care when people need it, not when powerful industries allow it. That means taking on the corporate forces that profit from sickness and building a system where every person, in every ZIP code, can access comprehensive, affordable care.I’ve seen firsthand what happens when our current system fails. Our city has endured one of the deadliest overdose crises in the nation, and I’ve worked on the front lines to expand access to lifesaving treatment and push agencies to act with urgency. That experience has made the stakes clear: we cannot fix what’s broken without taking on the industry interests that keep it that way.That is why, as your congressman, I will:Make Medicare for All the law of the land...by guaranteeing universal coverage, eliminating premiums and deductibles, expanding mental and behavioral health care, and ensuring every person can get treatment, including addiction care, without the cost barriers that keep people suffering.Crack down on the corporate forces driving up healthcare costs... by taking on hospital consolidation and private equity abuses, banning predatory billing practices and hidden facility fees, holding insurers accountable for denying care and restricting mental health and addiction treatment.Drive down prescription drug costs...by expanding Medicare’s drug-negotiation authority, capping insulin at $35 for everyone, banning pay-for-delay schemes that keep generics off the market, and establishing a federal program to manufacture essential drugs when corporations create shortages or price spikes.Lead a national strategy to confront the opioid crisis...by using Baltimore’s experience to guide a coordinated federal response, expanding real-time surveillance of emerging synthetic drugs, building rapid-response teams in frontline cities, and ensuring every overdose is an opportunity for recovery through medication-assisted treatment.Mass TransitBaltimore should never be asked to accept a future where opportunity is out of reach because of a broken transit system.For decades, our region has tried to make do without a real, connected network, and working families have paid the price in higher costs, longer commutes, and fewer pathways to good jobs. Meanwhile, our neighbors have spent decades building long-range transit plans and securing billions in federal investment. Baltimore has not updated a comprehensive rail vision in more than twenty years, and we have fallen further behind in the competition for federal transit dollars. That failure has held back our workforce, our economy, and our potential as a region.As a nonprofit executive, I worked to create good-paying jobs for people from marginalized backgrounds and returning citizens, planting trees, restoring neighborhoods, and improving our environment. Again and again, I saw talented people ready to work but unable to reach opportunities because our transit system could not get them there. Baltimore deserves a bold, modern transit vision that finally connects people to jobs, schools, healthcare, and each other. That is why, as your next congressman, I will:Restore a real regional transit vision for Baltimore and fight for the federal funding to build it ...while ensuring that the Red Line is only the beginning, not the end, of Baltimore’s transit future. We must push for a comprehensive, multi-line rail plan that reflects the scale of our region and its needs.Transform MARC into true regional rapid transit...by pushing to modernize MARC service so it functions as frequent, all-day regional rail, with better reliability, new stations, and seamless connections across Baltimore, BWI, Columbia, and the Washington region.Deliver faster, more reliable bus service for the residents who rely on it every day...by securing federal investments to strengthen Baltimore’s bus network with better frequency, modern infrastructure, and priority corridors that connect people to opportunity.Support transit-oriented development that strengthens neighborhoods and expands access...championing federal tools that bring mixed-income housing, jobs, and small businesses to communities around rail and bus hubs without displacement, ensuring transit growth benefits the people who live here.Public SafetyBaltimore is making gains, but its progress is far from secure.Crime has fallen to historic lows, but citizens continue to face unacceptable levels of crime and quality of life challenges. Now Baltimore faces unprecedented threats on the horizon.President Trump has threatened to send the National Guard to occupy our city, subordinating the officials accountable to Baltimore residents to an invading force answerable only to him. At the same time, ICE is making our neighbors less likely to report crimes or cooperate with investigators. Police depend on the participation of every resident to prevent crime and solve investigations, and when immigrant communities are treated as suspects, it undermines safety for everyone.As Chair of Public Safety, I worked to align the Baltimore Police Department with the expectations of the community by working to develop the Police Accountability Board, as well as providing oversight to the department in the effort to meet the benchmarks of the federal consent decree. I understand that any public safety effort that is not rooted in partnership with the community is destined to fail.That is why, as your congressman, I will:Oppose the use of the National Guard in Baltimore...Public safety must be accountable to Baltimore residents, not controlled by Washington for political theater, and I will block any attempt to federalize our city’s streets.Strengthen accountability and support for repeat youth offenders...pushing for federal resources to expand intensive supervision with dedicated case workers, ensuring repeat offenders are monitored, held accountable, and connected to life-changing wraparound services, as well as investing in whole-of-family support to stabilize households and break cycles of crime.Ensure BPD is never deputized to enforce Trump’s immigration agenda...Local policing should focus on solving crimes and keeping families safe, not driving immigrant communities into the shadows or making them less likely to cooperate.Advance real community policing...securing federal support to help Baltimore sustain reforms, meeting consent decree standards, and building a transparent, accountable department rooted in trust.Expand mental health and trauma-informed care...By investing in crisis response teams and wraparound services, we can reduce the burden on police, improve outcomes for residents, and allow officers to focus on violent crime.Local EconomyFor too long, Washington has measured a congressman’s success by how many federal dollars they can bring home.But in this day and age, it is not enough to turn on the faucet. We need leaders who will also watch the faucet, ensuring every dollar is used wisely, transparently, and in the service of the public good.President Biden’s American Rescue Plan gave Baltimore a once-in-a-generation investment of $641 million. But because of slow rollouts and missed deadlines, tens of millions were left at risk, and opportunities to build housing, create jobs, and deliver services were lost. In a divided Washington, every dollar we win for Baltimore will be hard fought, and we cannot afford the same waste, delay, and mismanagement that defined these previous generational investments.As councilman, I have led the effort to hold City Hall accountable, making sure the mayor’s office and city agencies answer for how they use public money. As your congressman, I will not abandon that responsibility. If anything, I will be better equipped to ensure that every federal dollar is stewarded with integrity, urgency, and accountability.That is why, as your congressman, I will:Protect federal dollars from waste...by keeping City Hall accountable for every dollar of federal funding, tracking deadlines, obligations, and outcomes, ensuring Baltimore does not lose precious tax dollars to mismanagement.Channel federal dollars into workforce programs...by fighting to invest recovery and development funds in job training and apprenticeships that prepare Baltimoreans for work in healthcare, green energy, and infrastructure.Direct funds toward neighborhood investment...ensuring money flows to transit, broadband, and small business support in underserved neighborhoods, so families see real benefits where they live.Support small businesses and entrepreneurs...by making sure local and minority-owned businesses have first access to federal opportunities to keep wealth and jobs in Baltimore communities.Environmental JusticeBaltimore families in areas like Curtis Bay live in sacrifice zones:Neighborhoods where government and industry have decided health, safety, and futures are expendable. That bargain has always been unacceptable. I have spent my career, from leading environmental nonprofits to serving on the Council, fighting to end the idea that any community can be written off for profit.Trump’s attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency have stripped away the few protections these communities can count on, leaving polluters freer to poison the air, water, and soil. When federal oversight is dismantled, the costs fall hardest on families already struggling with asthma, cancer, and unsafe housing. In Baltimore, that means neighborhoods like Curtis Bay will be left behind unless we fight back.That is why, as your congressman, I will:End sacrifice zones...by strengthening enforcement against repeat polluters and ensuring federal penalties are invested back into communities like Curtis Bay, not lost in bureaucracy.Defend environmental protections...opposing Trump’s efforts to dismantle the EPA and restore federal authority to hold polluters accountable.Bring clean energy investment to vulnerable neighborhoods...by directing federal resources to install solar, weatherize homes, and build resilient infrastructure where the health costs are highest.Hold industry accountable...pushing for stricter reporting and transparency requirements on emissions from incinerators, freight yards, and other industrial facilities in Baltimore.Healthy Communities: Medicare for All, lower drug costs, confront opioids, expand mental-health and trauma-informed public safety.Affordable Living: Rein in utilities, expand community energy, protect renters, curb predatory investors, invest in community land trusts and homeownership.Modern Infrastructure: Build regional rail and better buses, deliver the Red Line, improve MARC, and support transit-oriented development.Environmental & Economic Justice: End sacrifice zones, hold polluters accountable, bring clean energy to vulnerable neighborhoods, invest federal dollars in local jobs, small businesses, and community infrastructure.— Mark Conway's campaign website (May 16, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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