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Schaefer for Governor, 1986
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This is one of the most notorious campaign lit pieces in Maryland history: the “Ehrlich-Steele Democrats” flyer from 2006. The Ehrlich and Steele campaigns bused in homeless people from Pennsylvania…
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George Leventhal for Council At-Large, 2002
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George Leventhal won his first at-large council race in 2002 the same way he won his next two elections: with lots of endorsements, especially from MCEA. He devoted an entire…
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Nancy Floreen for Council At-Large, 2002
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Nancy Floreen won her first at-large primary in 2002, in which she finished third. Here’s a mailer from that year in which she touts endorsements from County Executive Doug Duncan…
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Hans Riemer has always been an ardently pro-transit candidate, even at the risk of his own health. In 2006, he ran for the open Council District 5 seat and sent…
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Marc Elrich for Council At-Large, 1994
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Marc Elrich may have scored a sweeping victory in his at-large reelection run last month, but it was not always this way. Elrich ran four times – in District 5…
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Ben Kramer for Council District 2, 1994
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The candidates who lost the Council District 2 primary to Craig Rice should be encouraged by the district’s history: more than one loser has returned to win. Here is one…
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Gene Counihan for Senate, 1994
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The Nancy King – Saqib Ali District 39 Senate race was a real barn burner, but it was not the first marquee Senate race in that district. District 39 was…
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District 19 Senator Idamae Garrott
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Prior to Mike Lenett’s election, District 19 had only three Senators over 28 years: Sid Kramer (1979-1986), Idamae Garrott (1987-1994) and Len Teitelbaum (1995-2006). Kramer was the best known since…