But in two primaries being held on Tuesday, the Democratic establishment has made its choices clear – and they’re likely to win both. The rumors were repeated so often that they took on the semblance of truth, she said.”It’s always been first and foremost [about] the agenda”, Mikulski said.Van Hollen ultimately won a third of the black electorate, which, combined with his strength among white, wealthier, older and more-educated voters catapulted him to the lead.”I’m comfortable not only handing over the reins but riding on the buckboard to help him to get elected”. Because of Maryland’s Democratic tilt, whichever lawmaker wins April 26 will be heavily favored to triumph in the November general election and become Mikulski’s successor. Voters overwhelmingly supported Larry Hogan. Meanwhile, Edwards was seen as more of a progressive visionary. She has also picked up the approval of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Emily’s List, a group that helps elect Democratic women to office. The race could be decided here in Baltimore, played out against the backdrop of the death previous year of Freddie Gray, fatally injured while in police custody.
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Victoria Jackson Stanley, the vice chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, said Harris who won his primary will be a tough opponent. Van Hollen has been a congressman since 2003, and Edwards has been if office since 2008. “The issue is that there’s little ideological daylight between the two”, said Mileah Kromer, a professor of political science and a pollster at Goucher College in Baltimore. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
With voter turnout expected to be heavy amid several competitive primary races in Maryland, some voters in Baltimore are getting off to a slow start.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Rep. Donna Edwards in a long battle that divided fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill in a race to find a successor to retiring Sen. It is not about race, gender, creed or color-it is about a person. But Van Hollen was the more experienced legislator who had the backing of the Democratic establishment.
Edwards called Van Hollen after the results to congratulate him.
Prior to the ads, Edwards had been making great strides in the polls.
With a majority of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, Van Hollen was leading by a double-digit margin over Edwards. Edwards, in an email to supporters after conceding the race, said she hoped her candidacy would be an example to young women.
WOMAN: Donna Edwards, I have talked to her a number of times, and we have a lot in common. She said Democrats can not continue to ignore women and people of color. “And it’s going to really come down to Baltimore City voters”, Kromer said. Both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus refused to endorse Edwards through their political arms, despite her membership in both groups. “McGinty makes government work for her, not for us, and that’s not what our state is looking for in a USA senator”. She knows the rules. “It’s quite subtle in its sexism, but it is flat out sexist”.
The Democrats’ top appropriator, Mikulski is a Maryland institution known as both a fierce negotiator and a liberal stalwart, and both Edwards and Van Hollen repeatedly invoked Mikulski’s name on the campaign trail with vows to continue her legacy.
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The ad, airing throughout Maryland and Washington, attracted criticism from many Van Hollen supporters for framing his stance on gun control incorrectly. “There’s politics of separation now, and I think he’s the exception to that, and that’s good”. “It wasn’t based on emotion”.
