Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) is retiring
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Anonymous
| When Jawando ran for Congress in 2016, he came in 5th in the primary, behind Raskin, Trone, Kathleen Matthews, and Ana Sol Gutierrez. |
Anonymous
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Right.
So this isnt an uphill battle, its a super long shot. So the question then is whats in it for him? Longterm he might even piss off the party for getting in this. Unless I'm missing something, I don't get it. |
Anonymous
| I think Jawando would have to alter himself quite a bit to run for a statewide position. Good luck with that. |
Anonymous
| Did Robin Ficker declare yet? |
Anonymous
| Because MD is so blue and a GOP candidate doesn’t have a prayer in winning a statewide race (Hogan being the lone exception and there’s no way he’s putting his hat into the ring), I fear the D primary is going to be a three-ring circus. |
Anonymous
I completely forgot about that. And he beat crazy Dan Cox in the general! |
Anonymous
When Van Hollen ran for the then-open seat he only got one serious primary challenger - Donna Edwards. |
Anonymous
Raskin did, yes. |
Anonymous
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Shelly Hettleman should run. She would be perfect.
Grateful to Cardin for his years of service. Great job. He deserves to retire. |
Anonymous
| I think Raskin could run. |
Anonymous
I could see Rawlings or Alsobrooks |
Anonymous
Autocorrect. I typed Raskin. |
Anonymous
And if we could turn back the clock to the political atmosphere 10 or 20 years, he would probably win. Today, I don't see Maryland sending a Republican to the Senate. |
Anonymous
Every three months I seem to get a note about fundraising for Jawando running for something. Dude needs to sit down at this point. |
Anonymous
He will get a lot of out of state funding. he always does |