Peter Franchot is an ‘outsider’ who spent his career in Maryland politics. Can he become a successful governor?

For nearly half of his life — since he was 39 years old — Peter Franchot has driven from his home in Takoma Park to work in Maryland’s state capital of Annapolis, helping decide where tax dollars are spent and later serving as the chief collector of those taxes. But even after all those years in Annapolis, Franchot insists that he’s actually something of a political outsider as he runs for governor.