Posted on 07/18/2022 4:19:47 AM PDT by cotton1706
How different will the Maryland General Assembly look next year compared to this year?
We’ll begin to get answers whenever primary results start to roll in. Thirty-two lawmakers in the 188-member General Assembly are retiring or running for other offices this year. And several lawmakers who are seeking re-election this year are potentially vulnerable — some in the general election, and even more in the primaries.
Here’s our look at a dozen legislators who could be knocked off in their primaries, listed by numerical order of their legislative district. These aren’t the only ones who are potentially vulnerable — and of course, voters will have the final say. But this is a pretty good accounting of the most vulnerable.
Del. Ric Metzgar (R-Baltimore County)
In Eastern Baltimore County’s 6th District, all three House incumbents — Metzgar and Dels. Robin Grammer and Bob Long — are seeking re-election. But there are several aggressive conservative challengers, and Metzgar, a minister seeking his third term, may get shouted out.
Del. Joe Boteler (R-Baltimore County)
A newly reconfigured District 7A has two seats, and the lawmaker with the highest profile, Del. Kathy Szeliga (R), has chosen to team up with Ryan Nawrocki, a small business owner, rather than the other incumbent delegate, Boteler, who was drawn out of District 8, which he has represented for 16 non-consecutive years.
Del. Rick Impallaria (R-Harford)
A similar situation exists in the newly-drawn District 7B, where there’s now one seat up for grabs. It appears as if Del. Lauren Arikan (R) has the upper hand in the GOP primary, which could leave Impallaria, who has been in office since 2003, out of a job.
(Excerpt) Read more at marylandmatters.org ...
Help an incumbent out the door!
Why does a relatively small state need 188 legislators?
“Why does a relatively small state need 188 legislators?”
New Hampshire’s House has 400. More in a lower assembly is actually better. The representatives are closer to the people, as fewer elect them.
It appears (results are hardly final yet) that Impallaria and Boteler did lose last night, but conservatives did not oust ANY of the 3 incumbents in district 6.
The guy who was thought to be the most vulnerable actually has the most votes of any candidate in that district, where voters selected 3 candidates from a ballot with 7 names.
Thanks for this info.
It’s harder to defraud a large number of election districts
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