Candidate Profile: Kimberly Klacik Aims For Change In District 7

MARYLAND — Republican Kimberly Klacik is running to represent District 7, which includes parts of Baltimore City as well as Howard and Baltimore counties.

When she visits people in Baltimore and Howard counties, Klacik said she hears: "We're always putting a lot into the city, but where is it going?"

Klacik said she plans to ensure federal money that goes to Baltimore is put to use.

"This district needs more jobs," Klacik said in a recent interview with WBFF.

She plans to connect the Port of Baltimore with the I-270 Biotech corridor and West Baltimore’s Federal Opportunity Zone to "bring manufacturing and medical supply chain industries back to the U.S. through Baltimore, creating more high-paying careers with benefits and business opportunities for entrepreneurs in the District," the Republican candidate states on her website.

"A broken Baltimore doesn't have to be our future," Klacik said in a recent campaign video. "I see the city differently."

The 38-year-old runs a nonprofit for underserved women called Potential Me that provides tools such as clothing to help women achieve financial independence and gain access to careers. She said the majority of those the organization has helped are in west Baltimore.

Klacik got the attention of President Donald Trump when she shared photos of Baltimore's trash situation in 2019 on Twitter and has since gained his endorsement.

Klacik said she plans to help clean up the city by ensuring public works personnel have the resources they need to collect trash. She has also said she supports using tax credits to encourage residents to buy and rehabilitate abandoned homes.

Klacik is also a proponent of school choice and voucher programs that would provide tax credits to families can cover school-related expenses and have the freedom to send students to private, public, religious, charter or home school.

She studied hospitality and management at the College of Southern Maryland after transferring from Bowie State University, where she took courses in business from 2000 to 2002, according to Ballotpedia.

Klacik has a 4-year-old daughter and has lived in Baltimore County since 2010 with her family, according to her campaign website.

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