they won one!
Posted at 10:52am on Feb. 13, 2008 A tale of two anti-incumbancies.
One that breaks a little our way. A little.
By Moe Lane
The actual news that came out of yesterday in Maryland - I don't think anybody was actually surprised at the Presidential primary results, on either side - involved a couple of CDs:
Incumbents Gilchrest, Wynn ousted
State Sen. Harris wins in 1st District; Democratic activist Edwards prevails in 4thDemocratic activist Donna Edwards defeated longtime incumbent Rep. Albert R. Wynn, and state Sen. Andy Harris also upset Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, in a pair of fiercely contested races that drew national attention.
Edwards, running a populist, anti-war campaign that drew support from national liberal groups, capitalized on a surge of voter turnout in the 4th District to unseat the Prince George's congressman, whom she accused of being too moderate for his district. The race was a rematch of the 2006 primary election, when Wynn held on to his seat by a few thousand votes.
The Harris-Gilchrest race played out along similar lines, with the state senator accusing the nine-term incumbent of being too liberal for the conservative 1st District, which comprises the Eastern Shore and parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties.
The rest of the story is readable enough - you'll grin at a newspaper actually identifying a progressive group as progressive, for a change* - but that's the meat of it. What it all means is another story entirely.
Read on.
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