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Christopher Eric Bouchat’s journey from a teenage offender to a small business owner, recovering addict, and state delegate sets him apart in Maryland politics. Now running for governor, he blends hard-earned lessons—surviving incarceration at 16, an attempted murder in 1995, and the devastating loss of his daughter to opioids—into a campaign built on empathy, accountability, and reform. A poet as well as a politician, Bouchat casts himself as a voice for everyday Marylanders, promising to end gerrymandering and return power to the people.