He was most recently the Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district in the 2018 general election.
[1] Duck defeated Casey Clark in the Democratic primary but lost the general election to incumbent Roscoe Bartlett.
He enjoyed some partisan support as evidenced by the endorsements by several statewide and regional Democrats, including Senator Barbara Mikulski, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, and two former mayors of Frederick, Ron Young and Jennifer Dougherty.
His infrastructure platform called for ensuring that Maryland can "support water, sewer, transportation and education" while preserving "open spaces... rural heritage (and) affordable housing".
On education, he supports increased funding and claims that the No Child Left Behind Act has been a failure due to underfunding and a lack of flexibility.
[4] He supported universal health care and environmental protection, which he claimed was rolled back by the George W. Bush Administration.
However, he has been described personally pro-life, but believes the choice is ultimately up the women who is carrying the child to make that decision.
However, he claimed, their efforts will be in vain if new enemies replace old ones due to Iraqi opposition to and dissatisfaction with the American occupation.
His personal "roadmap to victory" in Iraq included providing adequate resources for the troops in that country, both in the number of soldiers and their equipment, training Iraqi forces, and recruiting additional allies from Europe.
Duck believed the United States can win the "Battle of Ideas" in Iraq by internationalizing the war effort with increasing support from European allies, investigating and prosecuting all guilty parties in detainee abuse incidents such as at Abu Ghraib, evaluating actions "to determine the impact on insurgent recruiting," and closing Guantanamo Bay and prosecuting any terrorists held there in federal courts, and holding wartime combatants in the countries they fought.
[7] Duck's campaign focused on his military service, especially after he began working with the Band of Brothers, an organization of veterans and Democratic candidates.
However, Duck hoped that he would win the votes of Republicans and independents unhappy with the Bush Administration's deficient war spending and that this would be enough to bring him victory in the election.
[7] Duck and Bartlett held very similar views on many topics, including their support of energy independence and opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
[9] Duck, however, criticized his opponent on at least one specific issue, a vote "against providing sufficient funds for veterans' medical care".
His PAC funding, according to The Washington Post, fell entirely into the "ideology/single issue section," while his individual contributions came primarily from the "Lawyers/Lobbyists" and "Other" categories.
His top five contributors, each of which have donated more than $500 to his campaign, were the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Retail Services & Systems, Universal Title, Glenwillow Inc., and Global Crossing.
Spurned by the vitriol and rhetoric given by President-Elect Trump during the campaign, Duck sought to give comfort to those still reeling from the election.
After the Love Trumps Hate Rally in Bakers Park, Duck sought to keep the message of caring for our community going with the people.
Our Revolution Western Maryland has now reached out into the area, and has even brought in speakers such as candidate for Governor Ben Jealous, and author Nina Turner.