Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Associated Press called for incumbent Ben Cardin to win re-election minutes after the polls closed in Maryland.
Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin won re-election to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Dan Bongino and independent Rob Sobhani. Cardin received 53 percent of the vote, while Bongino had 28 percent and Sobhani had 17 percent just before midnight on Tuesday. Cardin celebrated his re-election with other prominent Democrats at a lounge in M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. In his victory speech, Cardin praised GOP candidate Bongino for running a clean campaign, while saying Sobhani did not. Sobhani, who had previously run as a Republican, reportedly spent more than $4 million to run as an independent and was criticized recently for his last-minute robocalls to potential voters. “I gained a great deal of respect for Dan Bongino,” Cardin said. Bongino…
Thursday, October 11, 2012
What does Maryland think?
Update, 10:50 p.m.: Vice President Joe Biden's use of "malarkey" or his famous smirk (@BidenSmirk) may have taken some of the attention during Thursday night's vice presidential debate, but many called the showdown between Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan a substantive exchange on policy. Several news outlets called Biden's performance "dominant" in what was a highly anticipated face-off between two experienced Washington politicians out to defend their running mates' policies. Some of the credit for the effective give and take went to moderator Martha Raddatz, an ABC News correspondent who asked tough questions and attempted to stick to time limits. Raddatz asked the candidates about their stances on the economy, unemployment, healthcare and …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Primary polling places in Dundalk were slow and lonely on Tuesday.
Across Dundalk and Edgemere, polling places looked mostly empty and lonely Tuesday, Maryland's primary election day. At Dundalk Middle School, just 98 voters had signed in to cast their ballots as of 2:15 p.m. While the site's chief judges would not disclose how many voters are registered to vote at the school, both said turnout was the lowest in recent memory. "Turnout has been very slow," Democratic Chief Judge Mya Collins said Tuesday afternoon. "About as slow as I can ever remember." Collins has been working the Dundalk Middle polls for about seven years. Her Republican counterpart, Vicki Matthews, said the turnout was the lowest of her eight years on the job. Matthews said she assumed voter traffic would pick up at the end of the work…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Old Dundalk resident Marian Long encourages all to take advantage of the privilege and the right to vote in elections.
Old Dundalk resident Marian Long sounds like a walking history book. She takes her voting responsibility seriously and remembers that it is a privilege not available in many places around the world. "It's my pleasure and my duty," she said to poll workers as she finished casting her votes at Dundalk Middle School and accepted her "I Voted" sticker. Long, a Keyway resident, told Patch she's a registered Democrat, but that's because that's what seems to count in the blue Old Line State. "I'm a Republican at heart but a Democrat in Maryland because that's who has a voice in this state," she said. "I would have gladly voted for Nancy Jacobs, but because she's a Republican, I couldn't in the primary. I just have to hope she makes it to the …
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