Liz Matory is unique: a bi-racial Millennial of African and Asian ancestry who just competed in a recent, five-way GOP primary in Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. Though she came in third, she’s energized and more devoted than ever to public service.“I am still committed to fixing our democracy,” she told me. “Whether it’s open primaries, ending partisan gerrymandering, term limits, campaign finance, or fighting crony capitalism, we need to fix the process if we want to fix our government.”Despite the intra-party difficulties with the GOP this presidential election cycle, Matory said the struggle has an upside.“Oddly, I think this is a good thing for the Republican Party,” she said, invoking economist Joseph Schumpeter. “We know about creative destruction in economics. We are seeing it in our party, but our party has had several moments when it has had to regroup and get back to its founding principles. This just happens to be the most blatant in recent history … I do believe that we need to strengthen our party and grow it because we cannot afford another decade of failed liberal policies that have created more poverty and division in our country. We need a Republican Renaissance because, without it, our…
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