“Oh no, I hate regional BS.”
Regional is very important. Everyone has local biases to one degree or another. In fact, the main reason that Andy Harris lost in Maryland was because he was from suburban Baltimore, and the Eastern Shore voters wanted one of their own (and their candidate campaigned as a conservative Democrat).
Yeah I know many voters care about this. I don’t. Of course my “region” is devoid of Republicans. But if it makes Tihart more electable to be from a different part of the state then that’s a point in his favor.
I didn’t know Harris was from the Baltimore area. Perhaps he should not be nominated again if that was a factor. Not really fair for the Baltimore burbs though, they were stuck in that seat and have every right to have the congressman be from their area. MD-01 should be in the top 5 of target seats. Roy Dyson beat a Larry Craig Republican in 1980 and held the seat for 10 years. Can’t let that happen again.