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Sunday, September 23, 2012

No Comeback for Congressman Gilchrest

By now everyone knows that Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in Maryland's 1st district, Wendy Rosen, has withdrawn from the race over allegations of voter fraud.

Why she thought she could vote for candidates in Maryland and Florida at the same time, I do not know.

In any case, Andy Harris (R) will be the only candidate on the ballot, since the Democrats are too late to put forward another candidate. Some would say the race was decided anyway, even with Rosen. The 1st is a very red district, with the entire Eastern Shore, and the Republican strongholds of Bel Air and northeast Baltimore County.

There was speculation that former Republican congressman Wayne Gilchrest might try to win his old seat back by running a write-in campaign, but he shan't. Instead he's endorsing John LaFerla, the Democrat who lost to Rosen in the sickeningly close primary election.

Why sickening? Because we were 57 votes away from having a Democrat on the ballot in the 1st district.

1 comment:

  1. Although, LaFerla is running a bangin write-in campaign! http://johnlaferla.com/

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