5. Bob Ehrlich raised in-state college tuition by 40%, putting college out of reach for many Maryland families.
6. Bob Ehrlich mismanaged the state DNA database, leading to criminals going free. Under Governor Ehrlich, 24,000 DNA samples went uncollected, and the DNA database analyzed only 20% of the samples that went to the laboratory. As a result, criminals that could have been matched to crimes by their DNA instead went free.
7. Bob Ehrlich is the biggest spending governor in Maryland history. Ehrlich increased state spending by 30%–a total of over $3 billion.
