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Strategic Liberty CoalitionPlaceholder data. Every candidate on this site is fictional. Scores demonstrate the method. They are not live election advice.
Calls
A clear endorsement names a fictional candidate when the record and the odds both support it. A toss-up is the honest call when they do not. Every card has a reason. Where editors depart from the formula, the card says so.
3 endorsements · 1 toss-ups · filtered to MD
2026 judicial elections
Endorse Pauline Cho
Formula: Endorse Pauline Cho
Placeholder call for Maryland, Judiciary. The issue in this office is “Jail for regulatory offenses that require no criminal intent.” Pauline Cho leads Thea York after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Pauline Cho is not a real candidate.
2026 legislative elections
Endorse Ned Okoye
Formula: Endorse Ned Okoye
Placeholder call for Maryland, Legislature. The issue in this office is “Licensing barriers to harmless work.” Ned Okoye leads Rosa Becket after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Ned Okoye is not a real candidate.
2026 attorney general election
No candidate endorsed
Formula: Toss-up — The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor. Leading score: Olive Brant.
Placeholder call for Maryland, Attorney general. The issue in this office is “Qualified immunity when officials injure nonviolent people.” Editors mark a toss-up because Olive Brant has the better liberty alignment, and a winnability of 1, which is below the floor the coalition will endorse. The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor. Olive Brant and Saul Nesser are fictional.
2026 gubernatorial election
Endorse Leah Vossman
Formula: Endorse Leah Vossman
Placeholder call for Maryland, Governor. The issue in this office is “Felony penalties for peaceable firearm possession.” Leah Vossman leads Quentin Daly after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Leah Vossman is not a real candidate.