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I attended the 31st annual Maryland March for Life in Annapolis Maryland on March 8. The march started at Saint Mary's Catholic church (with mass said by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien)and ended with a rally at the statehouse. In attendance were several state senators and delegates including Sen. Andy Harris who will be running again for congress against democrat Frank Kratovil in Maryland's 1st congressional district. The speaker introduced each politician in attendance by name and made sure to call out to see if anyone else was in the crowd. As I made my way around the edge of the...

....She also criticized his career on Wall Street, where he sold high-yield so-called "junk bonds," describing him as part of a "culture of corporate raiders." "The choice could not be clearer," she said during the hour-long debate, sponsored by the Maryland League of Women Voters and aired by Maryland Public Television from its studios in Owings Mills. "My opponent is a first-term-only member of the Maryland General Assembly." Pipkin, who alleges that Mikulski has voted to raise taxes more than 350 times, pointed to a series of votes that demonstrated, he said, that she has lost touch with her constituents....

-- Republicans Likely to Pick Up Senate Seats by John Gizzi Posted Oct 15, 2004 With two weeks to go before voters go to the polls in 34 states to choose U.S. senators, prospects are good the Republicans will make a net gain of 3 seats. Such a gain would increase their Senate majority from the current 51 to 49 (when Independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont is counted with the Democrats) to 54 to 46. The Republicans appear poised to pick up seats in five states where Democratic incumbents are retiring--Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina But...

..."It's not personal," Pipkin said. "It's about her voting record." Pipkin said his television commercials bashing Mikulski are based on congressional records. The ad claims Mikulski voted for higher taxes 350 times. Mikulski said that's just wrong. She said about half those 350 votes were procedural votes to simply hear bills and not necessarily to pass them. Pipkin's ad also claims Mikulski voted against military pay increases. Mikulski said the ad is true, but it's misleading. She said while she did vote twice against a military pay raise, she also voted for increases 17 times. "What you can do is...

STEVENSVILLE, MD – Maryland U.S. Senate candidate E.J. Pipkin has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. “While my opponent has consistently voted to prevent law-abiding citizens from lawfully possessing firearms, she has sought fit to support legislation which infringes on the constitutional rights set by our forefathers-rights I intend to uphold,” says Pipkin. “It is time Maryland had a U.S. Senator who stands up for the rights of law-abiding citizens and supports legislation to put those criminals who commit crimes with a gun behind bars.” In 1994, Senator Barbara Mikulski voted against mandatory sentences for criminals in possession...

The top two Republicans in the Maryland State Senate are asking Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-36-Upper Shore, to take on incumbent Democrat Barbara Mikulski in next year's U.S. Senate election. "We believe that success you have had in the past will translate into success in a U.S. Senate run in 2004," wrote Sens. J. Lowell Stoltzfus, the Senate Minority Leader, and Andrew P. Harris, the Senate Minority Whip, in a letter to Pipkin. "We hope you will consider seriously our encouragement and look forward to your future candidacy for U.S. Senate." In July, Maryland Republican Party Chairman John Kane also urged...