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Ray Bly

Ray Bly

Overview

Current roleSmall business owner (Ray's Used Appliances)

PartyRepublican

Political ideologyConservative Republican

LocationMaryland

BackgroundSmall business owner (Ray's Used Appliances)

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EducationHoward Community College (AA; year not verified in this pass)

Notable personal detailsRaymond J. Bly is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Maryland's 3rd Congressional District. He is associated with Ray's Used Appliances in Jessup, Maryland, and has been described in voter-guide materials as having attended Howard Community College and serving in the U.S. Army during 1969–1971. He has run for Congress in multiple election cycles in Maryland.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Immigration & Border

Supports strict enforcement and restrictive immigration measures, including a national ID to identify undocumented immigrants and denial of services to those without proof of legal status; also proposes stricter numerical controls on family-based immigration ("triple quotas").

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

The candidate opposes public funding for abortion providers and has described abortion as "cosmetic, not healthcare," indicating opposition to abortion access and support for restrictions on taxpayer-funded abortion services. Public questionnaire and candidate-survey materials show he favors limiting government funding for abortion-related services.

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Climate & Energy

Opposes extensive EPA regulations, expresses skepticism about mainstream climate change framing, and advocates supporting coal and fossil fuel power with pollution controls rather than expanding wind and solar.

Public Safety & Guns

Supports the Second Amendment and opposes broad new gun restrictions in Maryland, arguing that laws have not made the state safer and that policy should focus on keeping guns away from criminals and the mentally unstable while protecting law‑abiding owners.

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