[wardaddy]

then he won the lieutenant governorship in a state with a 2 to 1 Democrat registration

You think he did that running to the right? Hardly

[AmericanVictory]

He could not have done so in Maryland and won, but he and Ehrlich went as far as they could and they governed well. Because of the weight of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties when combined with Baltimore City, population-wise, you cannot run hard to the right state wide and win, even though you could carry 21 out of 23 counties.