MD-Senate - Sources: Mikulski expected to retire

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Hasn't Sarbanes been angling for this seat for a while?

He's 82.

The other one is 52.

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Plz no.

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I'll take O'Malley as a Senator.

It would be hilarious if Hogan ran, but obviously he won't.

What would also be hilarious, and maybe more possible, is a primary with both O'Malley and Brown.

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Dan Bongino will announce something tomorrow. If he were running for the House, I'd assume he'd wait to see what Delaney was doing. He could always drop down to MD-06 if it ends up open, but it would risk any bad optics that go with that.

Republicans would still be best here with an Orman type (e.g Sobhani), IMO.

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Bongino's announcement was that he's forming a PAC, though still not sure what he's running for.

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The PCCC (the Bold Progressives) are trying to draft Edwards.

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EMILY'S List already spending quite a bit on Edwards:

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On the R side, former Erlich aide Chris Kefalas announced a run yesterday. Its probably of note that he's openly gay and has worked with the Obama DOJ. MD politics isn't my thing, but I guess he's the best general election Republican, given his crossover appeal on social issues:

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'Sounds like a decent blow to Edwards:

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Cummings staying in the House.

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