Monday, November 26, 2012
Bartlett said gerrymandering cost him the congressional election but the numbers tell a different story.
Capital News Service Congressman-elect John Delaney won Maryland's 6th District race on Election Day with the support of heavily Democratic Montgomery County, as expected, but a surprising number of Western Maryland voters voted to oust long-time incumbent Roscoe Bartlett, an analysis of the numbers shows. Now, those voters expect Delaney to champion their causes. Delaney campaigned by saying he was determined not to "balkanize the district"—splitting it into subgroups that could be targeted with tailored messages. That strategy appears to have paid off. Though the scant polling of the matchup showed Bartlett and Delaney tied throughout the fall, Delaney's 20-point win revealed the Democrat had more bipartisan appeal than any of Bartlett's…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and Democrat John Delaney met Sunday for their third debate at Temple Beth Ami in Rockville.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
By CARL STRAUMSHEIM, Capital News Service ROCKVILLE—Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and Democrat John Delaney on Sunday night cast themselves as political independents in the race for Maryland's 6th Congressional District during a debate that still featured the kind of partisan bickering dominating national politics. Sunday night’s event, hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, marked the third time the major-party candidates in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District have debated each other. The debate drew about 225 people to Temple Beth Ami in Rockville. In their race to represent a district that stretches from Oakland to Gaithersburg, both candidates pointed to times when they had exhibited bipartisanship …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Charles Bailey, John Delaney, Sen. Rob Garagiola, Ron Little and Dr. Milad Pooran participated in the debate, sponsored by AARP Maryland and MarylandReporter.com.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Democratic candidates for Maryland's new 6th Congressional District faced off in a two-hour debate Sunday at the Montgomery College Germantown campus. After introducing themselves, candidates answered questions on 12 topics including healthcare, immigration and energy policy. Charles Bailey, John Delaney, Sen. Rob Garagiola, Ron Little and Dr. Milad Pooran participated in the debate, sponsored by AARP Maryland and MarylandReporter.com. The full debate can be found here.
Tony Puca
8:20 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
In 1990 I ran in the Democratic Primary in sixth district that had all of Garrett, Alleghany, Washington, Carroll, Frderick, 30%Howard and 16 % of Montgomery that was the Western/rural part. My opponent Beverly Byron was not only an incumbent and one of the most important female members of Congress but the fourth member of her immediate family to hold that office. Unbeatable? I spent $30,000 to … more ›