It was fear of a Tea Party Republican winning the race in District 4 that got Dan Rupli, an old Democratic war-horse, to accept his party’s pleas to get into the race.
Now that Del. Michael Hough has beaten Sen. David Brinkley, the Senate minority leader, in conservative-minded District 4, Rupli and Hough will battle it out in the fall. Rupli, 71, practiced public interest law and formerly served as counsel to then-Gov. Parris Glendening.
Some teachers were evaluated this year based on student performance; teachers union, board agree on new partnerships to evaluate performance; Montgomery County raises grade to improve passing rate; AG Gansler says he will support Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown for governor; some primary surprises; how Schuh beat Neuman; Schuh will face Johnson in the fall; father-daughter Simonaire team for Senate and House in Anne Arundel; Del. Vitale calls cops on Del. McConkey; Sun looks at high state salaries; Hogan replaces Zaching photo in anti-Brown ad that offended Democrats; Republicans split over philosophy and politics; university chancellor Brit Kirwan looks back, praises State House leaders; editorial defends Common Core; a majority didn’t like Ike, and the county executive explains why; Andrews suggest a California style primary to boost turnout; democracy was the big loser, Kurtz writes; Red Maryland polling was unscientific but fairly predictive; early voting called a flop.
Did Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown run such a flawless Rose Garden campaign that his victory in Maryland’s June 24 Democratic gubernatorial primary was inevitable?
Or did his chief rival, Attorney General Doug Gansler, lose the election with an ineffective campaign that badly missed the mark?
Democrats hold a semi-unity event, while all Republican candidates for governor show up for theirs; the controversy about Larry Hogan’s web ad continues; Hopkins strike put off; Kittleman, Watson rev up Howard County Executive race; close races in Prince George’s, Anne Arundel counties; EPA rates states on bay cleanup; Hindu prayer at Laurel council; low turnout troubles Southern Maryland candidates; and Baltimore mayor defends aide’s hiring of a neighbor.
As hard as it was for some of them, the four Republicans who had run against each other for governor put on a show of unity Thursday night, with the three losers supporting winner Larry Hogan in an event organized by the state GOP.
Campaign kicks off with an attack ad from Hogan that draws a counterattack; the race is a rematch between O’Malley and Ehrlich, some commentators say; shrewd and gutless is how one columnist styles the winning Brown campaign; the campaign was not really different from the past; Brown coastedto victory, but unevenly across the state; win reinforced influence of the Washington suburbs; voter turnout was exceedingly low — was it the date or the candidates?; Mosby ran the kind of campaign Bernstein did four years ago, but the incumbent Baltimore state’s attorney ignored her; incumbent state’s attorney in Carroll County loses as well; Harris blocks D.C. decriminalization of marijuana; two Baltimore County Council incumbents lose, and one Anne Arundel race too close to call, as is Baltimore County executive race in GOP; three new commissioners in Carroll County; Montgomery County Council race is close, and opponent Glass refuses to concede to Hucker; Rolle challenge to sitting judge in Frederick goes to the general election; and Neuman says she’s finished with politics.
There was lots of handwringing about the low voter turnout in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary, and a lot of explanations offered. How about this? They didn’t go to the polls because they didn’t like what the candidates and the parties were selling.
How long did it take for the first attack ad of the fall campaign for governor to surface? Seventeen hours after the polls closed Tuesday. How long did it take for Democrats to counterattack? Another four hours. And for the Republican candidate’s campaign to volley back? Four hours more.
Brown, Hogan win primaries and will face each other in November; Frosh comes from behind to win attorney general race; Schuh defeats Neuman for Anne Arundel County executive; challenger Mosby ousts State’s Attorney Greg Bernstein in Baltimore; Leggett elected to third-term in Montgomery County, defeating Duncan and Andrews; Hough defeats Sen. Brinkley in Frederick; Eckardt takes out Sen. Colburn on the Middle Shore; Dwyer out, Simonaire daughter in for Anne Arundel County Executive; turnout is low all over.
It was a good night for Democratic incumbents in the legislature and the Democratic establishment throughout the state as favored candidates from top to bottom did well in Tuesday’s primary. There were only nine State House incumbents who lost, while newcomers backed by incumbents won. The Republican establishment did not fare quite as well, losing two incumbent senators. This article contains a rundown of scores in contested primary contests.
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