MD Governor Primary

[wesmoorenerd]

Looks like Elrich is going to win, he is up by 467 votes (0.4%) with only 4 precincts left. A second count is scheduled for July 6, but this is appears to be a strong upset in the making. Frick had the money, and the washpo endorsement, Elrich just had his delegate seat base and what appeared to be a strong ground game.

Fantastic! I'm a big fan of Elrich. He's been a longtime progressive voice in Montgomery County, unlike Blair, who's just another opportunistic "entrepreneurial" candidate who's trying to buy the election like David Trone.

[wesmoorenerd]

Looks like Elrich is going to win, he is up by 467 votes (0.4%) with only 4 precincts left. A second count is scheduled for July 6, but this is appears to be a strong upset in the making. Frick had the money, and the washpo endorsement, Elrich just had his delegate seat base and what appeared to be a strong ground game.

Fantastic! I'm a big fan of Elrich. He's been a longtime progressive voice in Montgomery County, unlike Blair, who's just another opportunistic "entrepreneurial" candidate who's trying to buy the election like David Trone.

An unexpectedly nice string of progressive victories in Maryland today.

Well, if you ignore that absolute ass Trone winning in MD-06, but other than that, I'm just happy Jealous and Elrich did well.

[wesmoorenerd]

Spoken like someone who's never set foot within a hundred miles of the state of Maryland:

Warning sign for Democrats: While overall turnout was up 12% from the 2014 gubernatorial primary, the increase was concentrated in only 9 counties, with the counties around the D.C. metropolitan area making up almost all of it. 15 counties saw declines in turnout, including every county on the Eastern Shore. It's similar to what we saw in Virginia with Northam's win heavily on the backs of metropolitan areas. The party's infrastructure in non-metropolitan areas continues to atrophy.

Oh no Jealous did worse in the liberal bastion of Cecil County. And what will he do without Kent County liberals???2??? TITANIUM R!

EARLY REPORTS FROM GARRETT COUNTY SHOW A MASSIVE DROPOFF IN DEM TURNOUT. SOUND THE ALARM! #itsraininginbethesda

[wesmoorenerd]

He's going to be a fantastic gov

You're so inconsistent. I don't know how you see Laxalt winning in Nevada but Hogan losing in Maryland.

[wesmoorenerd]

At-large council member Nancy Floreen plans on running against left-wing Democratic nominee Marc Elrich for Montgomery County executive, for the sake of "principle and pragmatism". Her entrance into the race could spoil the race for Democrats.

Wow, great. The left wing wins for once, and now a moderate is going to hand over the race to the Rs. Wonderful.
But this is MD. Is this a contested area? Or would this just shape up to be spoiler vs nominee.

Unlikely. Montgomery County is a heavily Democratic County.

Whew. If thats the case then, its likely Elrich will win. Though the moderate wing should learn to collaborate a bit more with us. We arent spoiling any races in 2018, they should not either. All about unity, you know.

They can, you know, stop wining about how two candidates beat their preferred in winnable districts and just support them already. That would be nice.

The GOP candidate ain't winning, I'd be surprised if whoever it is got 20% of the vote. It's going to be Elrich.