Former NAACP head Ben Jealous eyeing a run for Maryland governor

By Daniel Chaitin

Published February 28, 2017 7:51pm ET

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Former NAACP head Ben Jealous eyeing a run for Maryland governor — Alluding to the current state of America under a new Trump administration, Jealous says that he began to ask himself if there was more he could do after ending a five-year stint as head of the NAACP in 2013. (Image courtesy screenshot)

The former president of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, is “seriously” weighing a run for Maryland governor in 2018, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.

Alluding to the current state of America under a new Trump administration, Jealous says that he began to ask himself if there was more he could do after ending a five-year stint as head of the NAACP in 2013.

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