MD Elections 2014

netcentry · May 17, 2014

Ok, so when people refer to DISTRICT, they mean Legislative District. Thanks.

Any list of pro 2A candidates to vote for as a DINO?

TopShelf · May 17, 2014

yep, looks to be. Some have 2 "legislative" districts I think - Senate and House. It's a bit of a mess...

Look in post 1 and 2 @ district 8 for help picking candidates. It looks like we could use some help reseching 8, so jump on in

There is a link to all candidates in the 1st post also. Not all are listed in the posts. Welcome to the party!

MJD438 · May 17, 2014

TopShelf said:
yep, looks to be. Some have 2 "legislative" districts I think - Senate and House. It's a bit of a mess...

Look in post 1 and 2 @ district 8 for help picking candidates. It looks like we could use some help reseching 8, so jump on in There is a link to all candidates in the 1st post also. Not all are listed in the posts. Welcome to the party!

There are cases where the Senate district is split into two or three House districts (my guess is for significant gerrymandering purposes). Each Senator has three subtended Delegates.

Look at my district as an example. I am in Senate District 9, which is split on the House side into an District "9A" (provides 2 Delegates) and a District "9B" (provides 1 Delegate).

TopShelf · May 17, 2014

MJD438 said:
There are cases where the Senate district is split into two or three House districts (my guess is for significant gerrymandering purposes). Each Senator has three subtended Delegates.

Look at my district as an example. I am in Senate District 9, which is split on the House side into an District "9A" (provides 2 Delegates) and a District "9B" (provides 1 Delegate).

Thanks. That I have seen, and even split to 3 House sub-districts. Discussion on another thread has me confused about 30B Delegates matching up to 33 Senate district - http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=146225

As for the gerrymandering with House sub-districting, I am not sure how that all works either. D9 still only gets 3 Delegates total, correct? I guess 9A can send 2 into the General Election from each party, and 9B can send 1. What a mess...

Jasen · May 18, 2014

Shawn Quinn

Check out the Libertarian candidate for Governor. Citizens4quinn.org. He is a big time second amendment advocate. Great family man too.

tjv4163 · May 18, 2014

dogbone said:
But also heartening to see that one of our own MDS folks is going up against the Dem machine candidates in District 43 and has picked up a "AQ" rating.

https://www.facebook.com/Tvance2014

Thanks. I made sure I faxed mine in as soon as I got it. I am very proud of this. This is only the begining for me. Elected or not I will continue to fight for the issues I believe in!

TopShelf · May 19, 2014

I see no 2A-friendly candidates for the DINO vote on AG and Governor. Painful. Cardin and Mizeur it is? Thoughts?

Mr H · May 19, 2014

Again, Mizeur IMO has no base to build on. Touchy at best.

TopShelf · May 19, 2014

I was thinking that as well. Then I saw this "...Anthony Brown with 27% support, followed by Douglas Gansler at 11% and Heather Mizeur at 8%. But fully 54% expressed no preference...":
http://marylandreporter.com/2014/04...irms-no-one-cares-about-race-for-md-governor/

Mr H · May 19, 2014

I just have a feeling that the Mizeur camp is already filled out.

TopShelf · May 19, 2014

Could be. So Gansler then? Wow...with these choices, I really hope people rally for their the candidates running against them in the General Election. None of these (D)'s are good for 2A

highfructosecornsyrup · May 19, 2014

TopShelf said:
I was thinking that as well. Then I saw this "...Anthony Brown with 27% support, followed by Douglas Gansler at 11% and Heather Mizeur at 8%. But fully 54% expressed no preference...":
http://marylandreporter.com/2014/04...irms-no-one-cares-about-race-for-md-governor/

those little bullets in that article were interesting...

TopShelf · May 19, 2014

highfructosecornsyrup said:
those little bullets in that article were interesting...

Yep. So if those top 3 (D)'s get into the General Election, that helps to split the (D) vote? That is good. On that strategy - it seems it would would be best for DINOs to back the weakest of the 3, which would help to ensure they make it the General Election. ?

Signifier · May 20, 2014

TopShelf said:
Yep. So if those top 3 (D)'s get into the General Election, that helps to split the (D) vote. That is good. On that strategy - it seems it would would be best for DINOs to back the weakest of the 3, which would help to ensure they make it the General Election. ?

The DINO vote + real Mizeur votes would have to be greater than the votes of Gansler or Brown for that matter in the primary. I think the MD democrats are divided between Gansler and Brown, so if Mizeur could win in the primary (highly unlikely I think) that would be great. A republican would have a high chance of beating her. Though I think someone like David Craig who appeals to even moderates could beat someone like Gansler and possibly Brown if either of them won their party's nomination.

David Craig and the republicans really need to raise more money, Brown has 7 mill, Gansler 5-6 mill, and David Craig last I checked around $150k+. He needs to run TV ads, get more signs out, more appearances, more conferences, etc.

LibertyGun · May 20, 2014

Jasen said:
Check out the Libertarian candidate for Governor. Citizens4quinn.org. He is a big time second amendment advocate. Great family man too.

Quinn says all the right things. He has no chance of winning in this state of course being a Libertarian, but the great irony is that his issues cross the aisle better than any other candidate, democrat or republican.

highfructosecornsyrup · May 20, 2014

TopShelf said:
Yep. So if those top 3 (D)'s get into the General Election, that helps to split the (D) vote? That is good. On that strategy - it seems it would would be best for DINOs to back the weakest of the 3, which would help to ensure they make it the General Election. ?

I agree, like its been said our weakest D would be a shoe in for a R, however I think pushing the DINOs to her would be a fail. I think the chances have to be taken on Douggie Fresh, and if he ends up king of the land I hope hell eventually make an ass out of himself to the point where hell lose the power MOM has/had. We gotta remember, the 3 big houses in Annapolis are very blue and there are a lot of friends there. We need to AT THE VERY LEAST break up some of that mess, even if its a little bit.

TopShelf · May 20, 2014

so if Brown does not get X% in the Primary, all 3 (D) candidates move on to the General Election? I have been unable find how a runoff is triggered and works here in MD...

Mr H · May 20, 2014

I believe MD is 'plurality'

I can't recall ever hearing about a run-off here.

TopShelf · May 20, 2014

You may be right. I was interpreting the Maryland Reporter article saying the vote needed to be divided as a runoff situation. If there is no runoff, it looks like Gansler would be the DINO vote for the primary

All I found on MD runoff was for Takoma Park - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting_in_the_United_States#Takoma_Park.2C_Maryland

Signifier · May 21, 2014

TopShelf said:
so if Brown does not get X% in the Primary, all 3 (D) candidates move on to the General Election? I have been unable find how a runoff is triggered and works here in MD...

Democrats will nominate 1 candidate to run in the general election, and usually whoever takes plurality of votes of selected by their party. Hope DINOs vote for Heather Lesbian Mizeur she's the weakest of them and wouldn't stand a chance against a republican candidate like David Craig or even Larry Hogan in a general election.

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