Rep. Sarbanes (MD-03) retiring

[Roll Roons]

https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sarbanes-statement-decision-not-seek-re-election-2024

Never forget about the legislature kept an extremely grotesque district with an unnecessary spaghetti finger into MoCo so this guy could have a footprint in the DC media market  for his eventual Senate run, only for that to never actually happen.

[Zedonathin2020]

Maryland getting 4 (assuming Dutch and Hoyer also retire) new House Representatives AND a new Senator is kinda funny

Also Sarbanes’s predecessor happens to be Senator Cardin

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Hopefully this means that someone good can take the seat now.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

https://twitter.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1717630916745462064?s=20

[Atlas Force]

https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sarbanes-statement-decision-not-seek-re-election-2024

Never forget about the legislature kept an extremely grotesque district with an unnecessary spaghetti finger into MoCo so this guy could have a footprint in the DC media market  for his eventual Senate run, only for that to never actually happen.

Media markets in general are seriously underdiscussed as a factor in gerrymandering. Here's a really fascinating article that talks about that, using Indiana's 2nd district as an example: https://split-ticket.org/2022/08/07/media-markets-and-gerrymandering/ 

[Sestak]

The DC area is seeing a lot of retirements - already Trone, Mooney, Wexton, and now Sarbanes, with. Spanberger and Steny Hoyer both looming as well.

[Atlas Force]

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1717639731209498940https://twitter.com/maxtmcc/status/1717722899107189233

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

The DC area is seeing a lot of retirements - already Trone, Mooney, Wexton, and now Sarbanes, with. Spanberger and Steny Hoyer both looming as well.

There’s also Mooney and Blunt Rochester on the periphery retiring to run for senate

[Tekken_Guy]

The DC area is seeing a lot of retirements - already Trone, Mooney, Wexton, and now Sarbanes, with. Spanberger and Steny Hoyer both looming as well.

There’s also Mooney and Blunt Rochester on the periphery retiring to run for senate

The funny thing is, one of the two is a lock to be senator, and the other is guaranteed not to be.

[Atlas Force]

https://twitter.com/libradunn/status/1743234238290198748

[Real Texan Politics]

https://twitter.com/libradunn/status/1743234238290198748

A 1/6 officer running in a safe D seat made up of heavily democratic Baltimore suburbs...

Yea he's got the nomination in the bag, a lock to be the seat's next rep, and he's gonna be a money machine too. Maybe one of the most funded House candidates of this cycle?

[Arizona Iced Tea]

https://twitter.com/libradunn/status/1743234238290198748

A 1/6 officer running in a safe D seat made up of heavily democratic Baltimore suburbs...

Yea he's got the nomination in the bag, a lock to be the seat's next rep, and he's gonna be a money machine too. Maybe one of the most funded House candidates of this cycle?

At least this guy won't be anti-police and possibly a better option considering the alternatives from a deep blue seat?

[Shaula🏳️‍⚧️]

https://twitter.com/libradunn/status/1743234238290198748

It'll be funny if this guy and Derrick Evans both make it to Congress lmao

[Atlas Force]

If he wins he’ll be the second Capitol officer ever elected to Congress. The first was none other than Harry Reid.

[Schiff for Senate]

https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sarbanes-statement-decision-not-seek-re-election-2024

Never forget about the legislature kept an extremely grotesque district with an unnecessary spaghetti finger into MoCo so this guy could have a footprint in the DC media market  for his eventual Senate run, only for that to never actually happen.

Media markets in general are seriously underdiscussed as a factor in gerrymandering. Here's a really fascinating article that talks about that, using Indiana's 2nd district as an example: https://split-ticket.org/2022/08/07/media-markets-and-gerrymandering/ 

Fascinating indeed. I really liked how they addressed a recurring question as well:

For similar reasons of media market theory, the oft-talked about “Renomander” has never materialized, much to the chagrin of many Democrats. Nevada is a competitive state, one where Democrats aim to entrench their advantage — but a Reno-based seat that held a tendril into Clark County/Las Vegas would be home to astronomical advertising budgets.

https://twitter.com/libradunn/status/1743234238290198748

It'll be funny if this guy and Derrick Evans both make it to Congress lmao

That really would be something, wouldn't it? They'd really personify their respective seats. One's from a (sub)urban, wealthy, left-trending district - one of the most quintessentially Democratic - the other's from an extremely rural, WWC, right-trending district - one of the most quintessentially Republican. It would be all too symmetrical.

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/libradunn/status/1743234238290198748

Bumping the thread(s) (I think things got merged?) cause of a new development. It went unnoticed for a bit, but he seems to have tapped into the same DC grassroots resister networks that Vindman did on the other side of the metro.

https://twitter.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1760425593785422283?t=IyuA-QaZX5zM8sKZ...

[Skill and Chance]

They drew all those nutty districts for him for decades so that he would basically represent a slice of every neighborhood in the state and now he retires without ever seeking statewide office?!

[Oppo]

Very interesting intervention from AIPAC — potentially a counterweight to Dunn's immense fundraising haul. As with AIPAC's intervention in CA-37, there is no policy difference on Israel between Dunn and Elfreth; a pro-Israel plank was the only policy platform Dunn had until very recently. 

https://twitter.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1774839494698537159?s=20

Beyond the two most prominent candidates, labor lawyer John Morse was recently endorsed by Bernie Sanders. He has the support of eight unions, including that of the UAW and Shawn Fain. He has taken a staunchly progressive angle, but with 22 Democrats running, a clear lane could play to his advantage.

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1767574105966932313?s=20