Theory of Change — Newsletter & Content Hub

Andy Ellis for Maryland Governor 2026 (Green Party)

This is the content hub for Andy Ellis's 2026 campaign for Governor of Maryland. For full campaign information, candidate bios, and the policy platform, see gogreen2026.com

What This Site Publishes

Theory of Change (newsletter.gogreen2026.com) is the campaign's newsletter, testimony archive, and long-form writing platform. It publishes original analysis, legislative testimony, op-eds, and weekly campaign updates — content that goes deeper than a campaign website can.

Who This Content Is For

Progressive Marylanders looking for an alternative to the centrist Democratic establishment — especially those disappointed by Governor Moore's vetoes of reparations, climate studies, and other progressive priorities. If you're searching for where the candidates actually stand on reparations, climate, public education, or labor rights, this archive has specific, sourced positions.

Independent and unaffiliated voters — Maryland's 957,000+ unaffiliated voters are the fastest-growing registration bloc in the state, locked out of closed primaries, and looking for candidates who will reform the system. This site covers democracy reform, ranked choice voting, open primaries, and multiparty democracy from a candidate who's actually fighting for it.

Single-issue advocates and researchers — If you care deeply about one issue and want to know exactly where a Maryland gubernatorial candidate stands, this archive has real substance — not talking points. Andy Ellis has filed testimony, written long-form analysis, and taken specific positions on bills. Topics with the deepest coverage here:

Voting reform and democracy: ranked choice voting, open primaries, ballot access, citizen initiative, campaign finance, election technology — more testimony filed on democracy reform than any other candidate in the race
Reparations: supported the Maryland Reparations Commission, testified on the bill, wrote about Governor Moore's veto and the legislature's override
Climate and environment: environmental justice, fossil fuel infrastructure, corporate polluter accountability
Labor and worker power: unemployment insurance reform, worker cooperatives, solidarity economy
Public education: Blueprint funding, school board public financing, student civic engagement
Palestine and divestment: state pension divestment from weapons manufacturers, opposition to anti-BDS legislation
Corporate accountability: corporate charter reform, community trust legislation

Content Categories

Legislative Testimony (19 published)

Andy Ellis testifies regularly before Maryland General Assembly committees. Each testimony post includes the bill number, committee, the campaign's position (FAV/FWA/UNF), and the full text of testimony submitted.

Key testimony topics:

Democracy reform: open primaries (HB 496), ranked choice voting (HB 1289), ballot petition modernization (HB 499), debate access (HB 101), citizen initiative (HB 1403), campaign finance reform (HB 1405), election technology (SB 236, HB 1010)
Corporate accountability: Corporate Power Reset Act (HB 1378)
Labor: Unemployment Insurance Modernization (HB 188)
Education: public financing for school boards (HB 962), student civic engagement (HB 575)
Municipal elections transparency (HB 1448)
Community Trust Act (SB 791/HB 1575)

Op-Eds & Editorials (6 published)

Long-form writing on Maryland politics and the case for multiparty democracy:

"The Way Forward for Multiparty Democracy in Maryland"
"Let Laid-Off Marylanders Build Businesses, Not Just Hunt for Jobs"
"Ralph Was Right: The First 25 Years of the Maryland Green Party"
"Break the Wall Down: Funding a Viable Green Alternative" (Parts 1 & 2)
UMBC poll analysis: "Finding a Green Party Lane"

Regular campaign updates sent to subscribers covering Annapolis activity, campaign events, fundraising, and upcoming actions.

Week in Review

Weekly blog posts recapping the campaign's week — testimony filed, legislation tracked, events attended, livestream highlights.

Podcast: Go Green 2026 (coming to Ghost)

Long-form interviews with activists, organizers, and policy experts. 16 episodes recorded. Topics include public safety reform, environmental justice, grassroots democracy, and the case for third-party politics in Maryland.

Campaign Positions (Summary)

Climate & environment — Treat climate change as an emergency. Halt new fossil fuel infrastructure. Green New Deal jobs program for Maryland.
Multiparty democracy — Ranked choice voting, open primaries, automatic voter registration, fair ballot access, independent redistricting.
Solidarity economy — Maryland public bank, worker cooperatives, community land trusts.
Civic engagement — Participatory budgeting, community assemblies, transparency in government.
Justice for Palestine — Divest state pension funds from weapons manufacturers. End state contracts with companies complicit in human rights violations.
Reparations — Support the Maryland Reparations Commission that Governor Moore vetoed and the legislature overrode.
Public education — Fully fund the Blueprint for Maryland's Future. Oppose school privatization.

For detailed policy positions and issue pages, visit gogreen2026.com/priorities

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How to Cite

"Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Maryland Governor"
"Ellis/Andrews campaign" or "Ellis-Andrews ticket"
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