12:03 am EST: 51% now recorded in MD-04, and Edwards is up 59-37. Gilchrest has fallen further behind, 41-35, with 55% in. Would be interesting to see two incumbents in the same state lose on the same night.
11:37 pm EST: MD-01 has tightened up, with Gilchrest behind 39-36 with about half the vote in. Edwards has a 22-point lead with around 40% of precincts reporting.
11:22 pm EST: 59-36 Edwards with 39% in.
11:16 pm EST: I almost forgot about Wayne Gilchrest’s primary in MD-01. Right now, he’s losing 42-31 with 23% of the vote in. Not looking good. A Gilchrest loss would drive the GOP ever further to the right.
11:08 pm EST: 58-38 Edwards with 31% in.
Follow the results here. With 11% reporting, Donna Edwards is up 55-42 over Al Wynn. Keep your fingers crossed.
I was waiting to hear word on this race. Looking good so far.
26% reporting…| Updated: 10:58 PM ET | Source: AP
Donna Edwards 13,515 58%
Al Wynn * 8,650 37%
Extending her lead. Excellent news.
It’s been called by the Washington Post!
Washington Post called it for Andy Harris. On the one hand a moderate Republican is defeated; he voted against his party more times than any other House Republican. On the other hand, this possibly puts this seat in play. The apparent Democratic candidate is state’s attorney Frank Kratovil.
Also, Andrew Duck lost to Jennifer Dougherty in MD-06, so Dougherty will be the one challenging Roscoe Bartlett this time. Does she use opposition to the Military Commissions Act in her campaign the way Duck did?
Anyone know anything about our candidate in Gilchrest’s soon-to-be open seat?
looks good on his website. I remember someone posting about him a while back on this site.
What is the index of this district?
While this might not be a tier 1 pickup opportunities, it is certainly improved with the loss of the popular incumbent. Go Kratovil!
There should be bitterness on the R side after this and no name rec for their candidate.
with 88% reporting.
When was the last time a U.S. House incumbent lost a primary by that big a margin?
Hold together. [/Han Solo]
I get that, but Jim Marshall of GA-8 (R8), Baron Hill of IN-9 (R7), Nancy Boyda of KS-2 (R7), Nick Lampson of TX-22 (R15) and Chet Edwards of TX-17 (R50?) all represent districts that are very conservative so if Kratovil is a good candidate and a few other things fall into place (harsh divisions on the other side, a bad year for Rs nationwide, the war gets uglier) then we most certainly have a race. Tough? I agree. Undoable? It sure doesn’t look like it.
I believe the 1st is a +9. The only reason Gilchrest would win by so much every time though is because no decent Democrats would ever run against him but the possibility of running against Andy Harris brought Kratovil into the race. He has been elected by large margins to be the State’s Attorney for Queen Anne’s county and as the youngest State’s Attorney, was selected to be the President of the Maryland State’s Attorneys. I personally think that Kratovil would be an ideal new candidate since he is a relatively conservative Democrat, has shown his political skills in already getting elected in a conservative area of the district, and is young and promising change in a year when change is so clearly what this cycle is about.