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Racial split defines Md.'s hotly contested Democratic Senate primary
The Washington Post ^ | April 5, 2016 | Rachel Weiner and Scott Clement

Posted on 04/05/2016 1:31:22 PM PDT by kevcol

Maryland's Democratic Senate race remains very much up for grabs three weeks before the primary, with voters sharply divided along racial lines, according to a new poll from The Washington Post and the University of Maryland.

The rare open Senate seat, being vacated by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski after 30 years, has sparked a heated and expensive battle between Reps. Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen.
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likely black voters favor Edwards by a nearly 3-to-1 margin. More than twice as many white voters support Van Hollen as back Edwards.
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"It would be nice if [Van Hollen] was a black lady," said Tony Jacobs, 39, a software engineer from Olney who said he was impressed by the congressman’s fast rise to leadership

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 2016election; democrats; edwards; maryland; mikulski; race; vanhollen
Racial split Racism defines Md.'s hotly contested Democratic Senate primary
1 posted on 04/05/2016 1:31:23 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Flipmus test; Pick the one that knows which way is up in Guam.


2 posted on 04/05/2016 1:35:21 PM PDT by soycd
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To: kevcol

Liberals, eager to prove that they aren’t racists, will vote for an absolute imbecile, i.e. Sheila Jackson Lee and Hank Johnson.


3 posted on 04/05/2016 1:36:21 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: kevcol

Battle of the pondscum.


4 posted on 04/05/2016 2:15:03 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And their only choice in Maryland is between two imbeciles.


5 posted on 04/05/2016 4:42:11 PM PDT by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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6 posted on 04/05/2016 5:44:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: kevcol; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Break out the popcorn!

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


7 posted on 04/05/2016 8:40:24 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Stick a fork in America; she's done.)
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