even the ones that "won" by thousands but were unopposed could be seriously challenged.
even the ones that "won" by thousands but were unopposed could be seriously challenged.
Lou Simmons is probably low-hanging fruit to be replaced in the next primary. His history on domestic violence issues is on par with something you'd expect from an ogre and he's always in a "top three" district race. A good dem challenger in the primary could unseat him, which would be a great feather in our cap as he's been there forever and also sits on House Judiciary.
For those who don't know, this is the guy I am talking about. A few years ago he treated a mother of three murdered children so poorly in a committee hearing that women's groups actually made complaints to Vallario about it. Bring up his domestic violence legislative history, trumpet it to all who will listen, and give the female voters in his district someone more likeable to vote for (not hard to find) and he's out.
For anyone not familiar, he's the class act referred to here:
http://dumpluizsimmons.blogspot.com/2010/03/attention-maryland-you-have-some-pigs.html
In some districts, yes, in others, like mine (21) the district changes in what I think is a good way. District 21 looses the Howard and Ann Arundel portions of Laurel and the portion of MD City north of 197. District 21 picks up the rural area of Odenten, Ft. Meade, Prince Orchard and Gambrils in Ann Arundel.
If we start now in those new areas and educate them on how there future delegates have voted, I am betting we could get more than just Frush, we might get Barnes and (Gasp!) Pena-Melnyk.
It is up to each of us in our respective districts to look at the new maps and see how they affect us. I have done mine for the northern part of District 21, I will look at the rest of the district and others and start parsing out changes.
We need a list of dems who won their primaries by a 'narrow' margin. Under 1k, listed by district. Is this on he Dino web site?
Also... Dems that won by larger margins but could easily be beaten if 2 of the opposing candidates combined votes.
Then we need to put together a list of any and all local publications within that district (newsletters, weekly flyers... Anything with ad space).
Lou Simmons is probably low-hanging fruit to be replaced in the next primary. His history on domestic violence issues is on par with something you'd expect from an ogre and he's always in a "top three" district race. A good dem challenger in the primary could unseat him, which would be a great feather in our cap as he's been there forever and also sits on House Judiciary.
For those who don't know, this is the guy I am talking about. A few years ago he treated a mother of three murdered children so poorly in a committee hearing that women's groups actually made complaints to Vallario about it. Bring up his domestic violence legislative history, trumpet it to all who will listen, and give the female voters in his district someone more likeable to vote for (not hard to find) and he's out.
For anyone not familiar, he's the class act referred to here:
http://dumpluizsimmons.blogspot.com/2010/03/attention-maryland-you-have-some-pigs.html