Da Balmer Sun, Alsobrooks defeats Trone in Senate primary, will face Hogan in November. Proving that while money might be able to buy happiness, it can't always buy elections. I'll be grateful to see the end of the Trone ads on TV.
I will support Hogan. As I've noted in the past, while Hogan may not be much of a Republican, he's about as Republican as a politician can be and win statewide in Maryland. I will not let the perfect become the enemy of good.
ET, Maryland House, Senate Races Could Determine Control of Congress
Two key contests in Maryland could help determine control of Congress come January: the races for the Senate and the Sixth Congressional District.
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Until February, the race to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) appeared to be safe for Democrats until Mr. Hogan, who was popular as governor between 2015 and 2023, joined the contest.
Maryland hasn’t had a Republican in the Senate for nearly 40 years. The unexpectedly competitive race for Mr. Cardin’s seat may well decide who controls the Senate, as Republicans look to flip the chamber by targeting vulnerable Democrats in a handful of states.
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| Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District |
Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District could be key in determining who controls the House of Representatives come next January as the Democrats look to keep the seat.
The major Democrat candidates looking to succeed Mr. Trone, who has been representing the district since January 2019, are Maryland state Del. Joe Vogel and April McClain-Delaney, the wife of former U.S. Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.), who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020. Ms. McClain-Delaney last worked in the Biden administration.
The district encompasses five suburban counties including Montgomery County, which borders the nation’s capital. It is Maryland’s only swing district, with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report having it lean Democrat by 6 percentage points based on the average margins of how the district voted in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
A miracle could happen, but I hate to think the fate of the union depends on Maryland.
Hey, you weren't supposed to read those! At the Free Bacon WATCH: David Trone Goes Nuclear on Reporter for Quoting His Own Tweets
Rep. David Trone put his finger in the face of a local reporter on Tuesday and accused him of being a Republican "shill" for covering the Maryland Democrat’s claims that the criminal justice system was "racist."
Trone, the Democratic frontrunner for Maryland’s open Senate seat, took to X on Sunday to tell constituents to "face a hard truth" that the "criminal justice system is systemically racist." At a campaign event on Tuesday, Trone told Fox 5 journalist Tom Fitzgerald he should be "ashamed" for reporting on the posts. "You should be ashamed of the journalism you did yesterday," Trone said as he pointed his finger in Fitzgerald’s direction, footage of the exchange shows. "You took one line out of 20 and you should be ashamed of that type of journalism."
During the exchange, Trone’s aide tapped the congressman on the back, apparently prompting Trone to take a step back from the reporter. "And shame on Fox," Trone continued. "Fox needs to step up and do real journalism, and you didn’t do it there. You were shilling for Larry Hogan. So keep shilling for Larry Hogan. And if you want to do that, feel free to shill."
Trone said his posts to X on Sunday were "very supportive of our police" and said Fitzgerald was "just making it up" before abruptly ending the interview. Trone’s comments garnered criticism from his Democratic primary opponent Angela Alsobrooks, who said Marylanders deserve the right to police protection and that Trone has no experience in criminal justice matters.
The likely Republican nominee in Maryland’s Senate race, former Gov. Larry Hogan, said Trone’s social media posts "were terrible."
If you don't want someone to quote it, don't write it.
