David Trone is a ‘fighter with skin in the game’ | READER COMMENTARY

This campaign season, I’ve read countless articles about U.S. Rep. David Trone self-funding his campaign for the U.S. Senate (“Maryland’s high-stakes Senate primary heads to the final stretch,” May 7). I’ve also read the other candidates’ complaints about it but, to me, the money he’s spending was hard-earned and means that his vote belongs to Marylanders, not anyone else.

I’m the proud son of a single mother. Growing up we faced hard times living in Section 8 housing and relying on food stamps to get by.