[11th_VA]

It's a MD thing, I'll try and help you understand. At the state level, districts are gerrymandered with black votes to give Democrats the advantage, but very few Blacks are in the MD House because their votes are split among white districts.

Blacks complain about this all the time. Blacks helped O'Mally win the Governership by coming out for him. They expected whites to come out for Brown (a black) in this election cycle.

Believe me, they feel jilted because whites aren't turning out for Brown.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I am pretty much a MDer, through and through. ;-)

[scrabblehack]

They may have jilted themselves.
Baltimore City 133-26 (82%) O’Malley
Thus far 96-28 (Hogan only slightly ahead of Ehrlich; Brown well behind O’Malley).

Prince George’s 203-26 (88%) O’Malley
150-26 Brown...yes, that could be white vote staying home - although I’d be surprised if Balto City weren’t black votes staying home.

Howard 58-47 (54%) O’Malley; 46-51 Hogan - Dem votes down slightly with a few Rep crossovers.

Carroll 45-17 (71%) Ehrlich; 51-10 Hogan - almost all crossovers there.

Harford 61-31 Ehrlich; 68-19 Hogan - mostly crossovers a few Dems stayed home.