In her race for state comptroller, Anne Arundel County Executive Janet Owens is getting slammed by her Democratic opponents as a friend who went back on her word and as a turncoat ally of the Republican governor.

But Owens insisted that “It?s time for me to run,” especially as the only Democratic woman in a statewide race, and that “it is just ludicrous” to question her credentials as a progressive Democrat.

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