Political commentator and radio talk show host Kimberly Klacik won the Republican primary election in Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District Tuesday night.
Klacik defeated two other Republicans vying for the nomination including businessman Dave Wallace and Army veteran John Thormann. She was declared the victor early Tuesday night by the Associated Press. With 81% of the votes counted, the New York Times showed Klacik with 63.9% of the vote, followed by Wallace with 23.5% and Thormann with 12.6%.
Klacik’s victory is her second political primary win. She previously won the Republican primary for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in 2020.
Klacik rose to fame after former President Donald Trump took notice of her campaign video from 2020 in which she was shown walking through the rundown neighborhoods of Baltimore County to highlight what Klacik said were the repeated failures of Democratic politicians who did nothing to help improve the areas.
“Do you care about black lives?” Klacik asked in the opening of her now-famous political ad from 2020. “The people that run Baltimore don’t. I can prove it. Walk with me. They don’t want you to see this.”
“This is Baltimore, the real Baltimore,” Klacik said. “This is the reality for black people every single day: crumbling infrastructure, abandoned homes, poverty, and crime.”
“Baltimore has been run by the Democrat Party for 53 years,” Klacik said. “What is the result of their decades of leadership? Baltimore is one of the top five most dangerous cities in America.”
Klacik touted the commercial as the “most watched campaign ad in U.S. history” during a recent panel discussion.
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Klacik was defeated in the 2020 general election by Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD).
Klacik will face Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. in the general election in November. Olszewski is the county executive of Baltimore County. He is the son of lobbyist and longtime former Baltimore County Councilman John Olszewski.
