OK, what happened in Maryland???

[ilikeverin]

1) No one talked about this race.
2) Not even in Maryland.
3) --> TURNOUT

EDIT: Oh, and Baltimore County apparently.

[ilikeverin]

For reference, in 2010, O'Malley won with 1,045k votes; Ehrlich had 776k.  This year, Hogan won with 847k votes, while Brown had 771k.  Brown just did not turn out the big Democratic areas.

[ilikeverin]

I'm terrified for the Purple Line, honestly   Oh well, thanks to Ehrlich, it's not like it would have been built in my neck of the woods until 5 years after I'd get my PhD, anyway.

[ilikeverin]

Yeah, Mizeur would've done great and won easily, but, alas, the establishment coalesced around the wrong candidate.  RIP transit in Maryland.  RIP Maryland burbs ever being competitive with NoVa.

[ilikeverin]

RIP the environment in northern Virginia also.

Sort of, yes, but RIP more of the environment in Maryland... some of why NoVa is growing so quickly population-wise is they actually have a halfway decent transportation infrastructure, including quite a bit of mass transit, which they're actively seeking to promote and increase.  Also, they believe somewhat in density.  Maryland, meanwhile, is going to get a lot more roads going to nowhere and, say, increasing the hellish sprawltopia of PG County.

Hopefully some Maryland commuters can take Hogan out when he's getting out of his chauffeured limousine.

The drivers here are bad enough that this is entirely possible.