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Here's three more races....still a bunch more of great primaries. Let me know if there are any hot races in your area that should be spotlighted. I'm much more familiar with the Montgomery County races. :)
District 19 Senate
MCDCC representative (county Dem Party) and consumer protection and civil rights attorney Mike Lenett entered this race early after Young Dem and lawyer John Patrick Mahoney began to challenge the aging Len Teitelbaum. Not long after Lennett entered the race, Teitelbaum opted to retire rather than face 2 challengers. Once Teitelbaum left the race, Delegates Adrienne Mandel and Carol Petzold jumped in. Soon after Mahoney jumped to the less crowded Delegates race, before bowing out completely due to job and family concerns.
Mandel has served as delegate for 12 years while Petzold has served since 1987.
Now it's two incumbent delegates facing Lenett who has never held office. However, Lenett seems to be picking up a number of key endorsements including the county and state Teacher's Unions, NARAL, NOW, Equality Maryland, SEIU and others.
Yet Adrienne Mandel has received the endorsement from the retiring Len Teitelbaum along with endorsements from the Maryland Sierra Club and Maryland League of Conservation Voters.
The only major endorsement for Petzold comes from the Gazette. Not sure how that happened. It seems out of synch with the other endorsements. But then again I found it's endorsements for county council to be off as well. My guess is it has to do with her support for the ICC where Mandel did not support the road being built.
The question remains, will voters there choose a name they know or will they choose Lenett and opt to retire two of their current delegates along with Teitelbaum. Just from what I've seen, Petzold doesn't have a shot. This is really a race between Lenett and Mandel.
District 19 State Delegate
This is a race for two open seats. The only incumbent left is Hank Heller. While not a very charismatic or dynamic guy, it is not likely voters will choose three new delegates, especially since the field does not include any household names. The candidates running in this race are Roger Manno who has stacked up on most of the endorsements available, certified child development specialist and educator Melodye Berry, Assistant State's Attorney Tom DeGonia, Young Dem and immigrant from Somalia, Guled Kassim, Ben Kramer, sister of D14 Senator Rona Kramer, Consultant Alec Stone, and Community Activist Paul Griffith.
It's looking like Manno is likely to get one of the two seats. The question remains who will get the other? The good news is there is lots of fresh blood here. The Gazette endorsed Alec Stone along with Roger Manno. I'm not convinced Stone will get the nod from voters. This one will be decided by whomever gets their voters to the polls on primary day or who can rack up the most 'power voters.' (voters that vote in every primary.)
District 43 State Delegate
Incumbent Sen. Joan Carter Conway is teaming up with incumbent delegates Curtis Anderson, Ann Marie Doory, and Maggie McIntosh. They are being challenged by Dave Vane, a 30-year-old part-time park ranger from Lauraville (Senate), 56-year-old semiretired insurance adjuster Michael V. Dobson, a delegate who was defeated in 2002, and 43-year-old management consultant, Mary Washington. (A Mike Miller is also listed as a candidate...obviously not THE Mike Miller.) The incumbents have plenty of money while the challengers have next to none. However, the challengers are hoping that residents displeasure with electricity deregulation will be enough for residents give the incumbents the boot this November. Conway voted against deregulation but McIntosh and Doory approved it.
In 2002 the district in Northeast Baltimore had great upheaval as the district lines were redrawn and two of three incumbents lost. It seems less likely that that will happen again. But this race is worth watching to see if former delegate Dobson gets any traction in getting his seat back.
Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/...