I don’t remember exactly where and when I first met Jamie Raskin, but it had to have been in 1998, when his good friend Doug Gansler was running for Montgomery County state’s attorney. I would see Raskin with Gansler at candidate forums, political gatherings and other events I was covering.
Gansler was a fun and colorful figure, and something of a braggart. Raskin was very friendly, but more soft-spoken and cerebral. With time, I came to learn that Raskin, like me, lived in Takoma Park, so I’d see him around town every now and then and we’d chit-chat.
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