Tuesday, April 10, 2012
News reports are confirming Santorum’s exit from the presidential race.
Fox News and other outlets are reporting that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is suspending his presidential campaign. CNN has reported that Santorum, who is trailing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in his home state of Pennsylvania, has canceled campaign events early this week while his 3-year-old daughter, who has the chromosomal condition known as Trisomy 18, is hospitalized. Mitt Romney won the Republican primary in Maryland on April 3, beating Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. The Huffington Post reports that “Santorum's decision removes any lingering doubt that Romney will end up the Republican presidential nominee.”
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Participation in Tuesday's election was particularly low—even for a primary.
Did you vote on Tuesday? If not, why not? It was slow going at polls in the early hours at many polling locations. Patch reported low turnout at precincts throughout the county. Voter turnout picked up at some polling places in the evening hours, but remained less than usual. Primary election turnout is traditionally much lower than that of general elections. But elections officials and campaigns alike pinned the especially low turnout in Prince George's County in Tuesday’s primary—8.39 percent of all registered voters. Maryland’s 2008 presidential primary was held in February. Previous primaries were held in March. The early April date, and the fact that it coincided with spring break for county schools, led to lower turnout, some opined…
David Murray tops Zabrina Epps in primary showdown.
Incumbent Allen Dyer won't be on the ballot in November.
According to the Howard County Board of Elections, about 34,800 Howard County residents turned out to vote in Tuesday's primary election in which 15 candidates were vying for six slots in the Board of Education (BOE) General Election. One of the most surprising results was that incumbent Allen Dyer did not make it to the next round. By 8 a.m. Wednesday, the top vote-getters, with 97 percent of precincts reporting, were: Dyer, who has sued the board several times over what he calls its lack of transparency, did not garner enough votes to make it to the ballot in November to vie for one of three BOE seats.
Check this spot for updated results from the 2012 primary election.
Updated: (12 a.m.) By midnight, it was clear that several Howard County Board of Education (BOE) candidates would make it to the next hurdle, but some tallies were too close to call in a primary in which the six top vote-getters compete in November. Former BOE chair Janet Siddiqui led the pack of 15 candidates with 39.4 percent of the vote according to data from the Howard County Board of Elections. Ann De Lacy was in second place with 28.64 percent of the vote. Following in order were: The candidates are running for six spots in November’s General Election. Earlier in the day, officials, voters and campaigners noted a seemingly low turnout for the primaries. At the Laurel Boys and Girls Club, election judges said the turnout had been slow…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Charts of preliminary results in Tuesday's primary elections.
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Tuesday, April 3
Sen. Ben Cardin Tuesday easily won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, far outpacing his closest challenger, state Sen. C. Anthony Muse of Prince George’s County. Cardin, 68, will run for his second term against the winner of the Republican primary—which, as of 10 p.m., was a tight race between candidates Dan Bogino and Richard J. Douglas. Incumbent candidates easily won their congressional primaries throughout the state. Republican Rep. Andy Harris in District 1 and Democrat C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger in District 2 ran unopposed in their primary races. Republican state Sen. Nancy C. Jacobs of Harford County was ahead in her party's primary and was the likely contender to take on Ruppersberger in November. It is unclear what Democrat …
Minute-by-minute updates as election returns for Maryland Senate, 8th, 5th and 4th congressional districts.
For candidates running for Prince George's County's congressional delegation, Tuesday night was a good night to be an incumbent. Democratic incumbents Donna Edwards, Steny Hoyer and Chris Van Hollen, representing Marylands 4th, 5th and 8th congressional districts, all handily won their primary elections with commanding results. By 11:30 p.m. Edwards had secured 92 percent of the vote, far ahead of runner up George McDermott's 5 percent. Charles Shepherd bested three other republican's running for Rep. Edwards' 4th district seat in the primary, securing 60 percent of the vote. Rep. Steny Hoyer trounced his primary opponent Cathy Johnson Pendleton, securing 84 percent of the vote. Facing Hoyer in the general election this November will …
Incumbents Cummings, Sarbanes and others also lock up primary wins.
UPDATED (11:15 p.m.)— Mitt Romney has won the Maryland Republican presidential primary, according to multiple news outlets. At 11 p.m., Romney leads Rick Santorum 91,402 (48 percent) to 57,299 (30 percent) with 1,281 of 1,851 precincts reporting. "I voted for Romney, he's the lesser of the evils," said Lisa Watts of Darnestown, MD. Chuck Duvall also of Darnestown, said he voted for Ron Paul, but expected Romney to win the Maryland primary. Both he and his wife, Ruth, said they planned to support Romney against Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama even though he wasn't their primary selection. A Romney win in Maryland was not unexpected. CNN declared Romney the winner at 8 p.m. when polls in Maryland and Washington closed. “Maryland’…
Residents across the state got their chance to shape November's elections at the local and national level today. But most stayed home.
Polls have closed across Maryland, and eager candidates now wait to see if their primary campaigns have wooed voters here in the Old Line State. The first returns, taken from early voting ballots, could come in as soon as 8:15 p.m. Turnout throughout the day was light, said county voting officials. According to data collected by the Prince George's County Board of Elections, a total of 45,005 voters had cast ballots county-wide as of 6 p.m. That's a voter turnout of 8.39 percent out of a total of 536,458 registered voters in the county. That turnout comprised 38,005 Democratic ballots, 5,678 Republican ballots and 5,061 non-affiliated ballots cast for county school board races. The highest profile campaign on the ballot was no doubt the …
Although participation didn't compare to a General Election, Howard County candidates were out in full electioneering mode.
The Howard County Board of Education race is perhaps the most important race on the primary ballot for local residents, and Patch spoke to several voters, electioneers and candidates at Atholton High and Swansfield Elementary Schools in Columbia. Did you vote? Is voting in the primary election important? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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3:51 pm on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Fred, Those are good points in terms of interaction at the group level for curriculum related questions. What I was going for was more where a teacher has person-to-person interaction before, after, and during class. Maybe he or she notices that a kid is off for some reason or has something he or she would like to briefly chat on a personal level with the child. Not having the teacher there in … more ›