Category: 2008 Campaign

Capitol Briefing (via FamousDC)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) split today from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other House Democratic leaders on the role superdelegates should play in deciding the party’s presidential nomination.

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Last month, Pelosi told reporters that …

WBAL.com
Governor Martin O’Malley’s approval ratings remain low, according to a new poll.

The poll by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategy found that 37 percent approve of the job the governor is doing, while 48 percent disapprove and 15 percent had …

WBAL.com
Maryland’s presidential primaries may be over, but the campaign continues for the state comptroller and several Democrats in the legislature who are headed for Ohio this weekend to champion Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Comptroller Peter Franchot is headed to Columbus, …

A post by Patrick Ruffini about Ron Paul’s congressional primary (as well as his presidential bid) includes this excerpt from an email sent by Paul:
“My friend Congressmen Wayne Gilchrest (R-Maryland) was just defeated in his primary election by a …

Club for Growth press release:
Washington – Tonight, the Club for Growth PAC’s endorsed candidate, State Senator Andy Harris, won the Republican primary in Maryland’s First Congressional District against incumbent Congressman Wayne Gilchrest.

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Andy Harris defeated Rep. Wayne Gilchrest in the Republican Primary in the 1st District and Donna Edwards defeated Rep. Albert Wynn in the 4th District Democratic Primary.

WBOC
A nine-term Republican congressman who voted to go to war in Iraq but …

MD GOP Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2008

SENATOR McCAIN WINS MARYLAND PRIMARY
Unpopular O’Malley Fails To Help Senator Clinton

ANNAPOLIS—Republicans and Democrats in Maryland voted today in their party’s primary election. Senator John McCain won the statewide vote among Republicans. In …

Baltimore Sun
Maryland’s most important presidential primary in years went into overtime Tuesday, as freezing rain throughout the state forced elections officials to keep the polls open 90 minutes late so that traffic-bound citizens could cast their ballots.

Voters slid into …

My liveblogging of the Maryland primary will continue in this post with results as they come in. I will constantly update this post.

Exit poll results from earlier

9:30 PM EST: NBC has called the Maryland Primary at 9:30 with Obama …

WBAL.com
Polls in Maryland’s primary were to stay open an extra 90 minutes statewide because icy weather created traffic gridlock in parts of the state, the state elections chief said Tuesday.

The polls were to close at 8 p.m., but voting …