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Day: June 20, 2014
Record turnout of 141,590 for early voting
With a surge of 29,000 voters on Thursday, a record 141,590 Marylanders voted early for Tuesday’s primary, with slightly more than 5% of eligible Democrats (105,339) going to the polls.
As they have in the past two elections with early voting, Republicans continue to show up in smaller numbers, with only 3.5% (34,112) casting ballots. However, the highest percentage turnouts in the state were among GOP voters in two Eastern Shore counties, where 12.5% of eligible Republicans (1,415) voted in Talbot County, and 9.2% (1,438) in Queen Anne’s County.
Senate Republican leader Brinkley challenged from the right
In a legislature where the GOP is already drowned out by the majority Democrats, Senate Republicans are in danger of losing a voice many Democrats have come to respect in SEnate Minority Leader David Brinkley. Brinkley, 54, faces a younger, energized challenger in Del. Michael Hough, 20 years his junior, who insists that Brinkley’s conservative record just isn’t conservative enough for the constituents of District 4 in Frederick and Carroll counties.
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