Montgomery County Council Member Tom Perez on Tuesday announced his bid to replace retiring Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran.

Standing on the steps of Ellsworth Plaza in downtown Silver Spring, Perez, 44, promised to carry on Curran?s consumer-protection initiatives, fight price-gouging and lobby for a working prescription drug program for Marylanders.

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