Not sure what this “go state to state” business is. The job application form asked for locations. I highlighted all US ones. Bogged down the browser for a minute but it worked.
Germantown is on 270, the Tech Corridor. Lots of tech and contractors.
Maryland is a corrupt one party state and that is that.
That’s due to BaltCity, PG County, Montgomery County...but you can escape to Frederick County to the North and commute down 270....There are pockets of conservatism, in Carroll County or way out West in the mountains where I live.