Maryland Juice just caught the following worthwhile endorsements from The Afro-American. In Tuesday's Democratic Primary, they support Ben Cardin for U.S. Senate and Representatives John Sarbanes (CD3), Donna Edwards (CD4) and Elijah Cummings (CD7) for Re-Election:
Monday, April 2, 2012
CD6: Governor Martin O'Malley Launches a GOTV Robocall Urging Support for State Senator Rob Garagiola for Congress
Maryland Juice received a copy of the following GOTV message from Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. He is launching a robocall into the 6th Congressional District urging Democrats to support State Senator Rob Garagiola for Congress. The Democratic Primary is Tuesday, April 3rd.
CD6: Republican Candidates Respond to Release of Sen. David Brinkley's 911 Calls // Robin Ficker & Del. Kathy Afzali Speak Out
UPDATE: Maryland Reporter notes a 3rd GOP candidate response from Brandon Rippeon. He calls both Bartlett and Brinkley "unworthy."
The Republican Primary in Maryland's 6th Congressional District is getting crazy as we get closer to election day. Over the weekend, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett took out a sledgehammer and smacked challenger State Sen David Brinkley in the head. His supporters unearthed audio tapes of 911 calls placed by Brinkley's ex-wife that were made when the Senator was caught in an affair.
Two Republican candidates are now condemning the shenanigans in the CD6 race. Below we print email blast responses from former Delegate Robin Ficker and Delegate Kathy Afzali. Ficker's email message is reportedly going out to 40,000 voters.
Much more on the CD6 race soon!
The Republican Primary in Maryland's 6th Congressional District is getting crazy as we get closer to election day. Over the weekend, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett took out a sledgehammer and smacked challenger State Sen David Brinkley in the head. His supporters unearthed audio tapes of 911 calls placed by Brinkley's ex-wife that were made when the Senator was caught in an affair.
Two Republican candidates are now condemning the shenanigans in the CD6 race. Below we print email blast responses from former Delegate Robin Ficker and Delegate Kathy Afzali. Ficker's email message is reportedly going out to 40,000 voters.
From: Robin Ficker
Subject: Sleazy campaigning and shocking 911 calls... Robin Ficker condemns them!
Robin Ficker criticizes 911 smear campaign on Marylandjuice.com http://www.marylandjuice.com/2012/03/cd6-rep-roscoe-bartlett-goes-nuclear-in.html
"Publicizing that 911 call by Brinkley's ex-wife is a new low in negative campaigning," said Robin Ficker, Republican candidate for Maryland's 6th Congressional district.
"I've stayed positive and talked about the issues important to voters. While others attack, I've been busy getting signatures to limit energy taxes. I ran ads, sent emails and called voters, and I testified before the Maryland legislature to prevent a gas tax hike. The Democrats tried to rig this election by radically redistricting us. Sleaze will only ease the way for the Democrats who tried to disenfranchise us. I, Robin Ficker, will not let sleazy campaigning and shocking 911 calls like those on Marylandjuice.com (http://www.marylandjuice.com/2012/03/cd6-rep-roscoe-bartlett-goes-nuclear-in.html) distract the voters and me."
Robin Ficker
Brinkley 911 tapes of domestic dispute surface
Hello!
Election day is Tuesday and so much happens in one day in the campaign. Yesterday I received news that MarylandJuice.com was reporting Congressman Bartlett had released an audio tape about fellow competitor David Brinkley. The audio is very disturbing.
I am sorry for his ex-wife that this came out, but this is a liability for Republicans if Brinkley should get the nomination. The audio consists of 911 tapes of his wife and then him calling police for help during a domestic dispute between the two.
I had hesitated to send this to my supporters, but because the election is Tuesday, I felt that this information should be available to voters before making a final decision on this very important race.
I have tried to stay positive during the campaign so I have personally struggled with whether or not to send this.
Both Bartlett and Brinkley need to go. The time for a new, fresh voice is now! I need your vote Tuesday!
Much more on the CD6 race soon!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
CD6: President Bill Clinton Launches GOTV Robocall Urging Voters to Support John Delaney for Congress
President Bill Clinton has taped a robocall message for 6th Congressional District Democrats announcing his support for John Delaney in Tuesday's Democratic Primary. The GOTV message (listen below) comes with the following message from the Delaney campaign:
In endorsing John Delaney, President Clinton released the following statement, "John Delaney is a lifelong Democrat who has real life job creation experience, he's a progressive business leader with a long record of civic activism and charitable causes. His commitment to equality, economic growth and fairness will make him an effective advocate for the middle class, a strong advocate for job creation, and a trusted ally for reform."
CD6: Joe Krysztoforski Releases Internal Poll Showing Dead Heat with Rep. Roscoe Bartlett // Sen. Brinkley in Distant Third
UPDATE: The Krysztoforski campaign has released some details on their polling sample, as well as county-level results of their survey. Note: Maryland Juice makes no claims about the data below.
CD6: Joe Krysztoforski Poll Results // Details on Sample and County Tabs
BACKGROUND: This weekend, State Senator David Brinkley released the results of internal polling showing his campaign in a dead heat with incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. A rival campaign immediately cried foul, alleging that one of its supporters participated in the poll and claimed the caller only asked about Bartlett and Brinkley. They complained that the pollsters completely omitted the other GOP candidates from their questionnaire.
Today Tea Party candidate Joe Krysztoforski has released his own internal poll results, and he claims the he -- not David Brinkley -- is the actual leading challenger to Roscoe Bartlett. In Kryszotorski's poll, he is in a head heat with the incumbent, and State Senator Brinkley is in a distant third. See the press release below.
For Immediate Release
Krysztoforski Leads the Pack
TelePoll Shows Candidate Has Strong Grassroots Support
April 1, 2011 (Frederick, MD) – A poll of registered voters across Maryland’s 6th Congressional district was commissioned by Krysztoforski’s campaign committee. The Poll conducted between March 19th, 2012 and March 30th, 2012 shows Krysztoforski and Bartlett in a statistical dead heat.
The results are consistence with other straw polls; The Frederick County GOP’s January poll showing Krysztoforski with 46.2% and Bartlett with 46.7% of the vote, the poll conducted by the Hagerstown Tea Party, following their candidate forum, showing Krysztoforski with 26% and Bartlett with 27% of the vote and the political blog marylandjuice.com’s grassroots intensity poll, showing Krysztoforski’s grassroots support at 47% and Bartlett’s at 13%.
BACKGROUND: This weekend, State Senator David Brinkley released the results of internal polling showing his campaign in a dead heat with incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. A rival campaign immediately cried foul, alleging that one of its supporters participated in the poll and claimed the caller only asked about Bartlett and Brinkley. They complained that the pollsters completely omitted the other GOP candidates from their questionnaire.
Today Tea Party candidate Joe Krysztoforski has released his own internal poll results, and he claims the he -- not David Brinkley -- is the actual leading challenger to Roscoe Bartlett. In Kryszotorski's poll, he is in a head heat with the incumbent, and State Senator Brinkley is in a distant third. See the press release below.
Krysztoforski Leads the Pack
TelePoll Shows Candidate Has Strong Grassroots Support
April 1, 2011 (Frederick, MD) – A poll of registered voters across Maryland’s 6th Congressional district was commissioned by Krysztoforski’s campaign committee. The Poll conducted between March 19th, 2012 and March 30th, 2012 shows Krysztoforski and Bartlett in a statistical dead heat.
The results are consistence with other straw polls; The Frederick County GOP’s January poll showing Krysztoforski with 46.2% and Bartlett with 46.7% of the vote, the poll conducted by the Hagerstown Tea Party, following their candidate forum, showing Krysztoforski with 26% and Bartlett with 27% of the vote and the political blog marylandjuice.com’s grassroots intensity poll, showing Krysztoforski’s grassroots support at 47% and Bartlett’s at 13%.
CD1: Planned Parenthood & Cecil Times Endorse John LaFerla // Democrat Seeks to Replace Tea Party Rep. Andy Harris
Physician John LaFerla has received two new endorsements in his bid for the Democratic nomination for Maryland's 1st District Congressional seat. The Cecil County newspaper, The Cecil Times, is endorsing John LaFerla, along with Planned Parenthood. Mr. LaFerla also previously received the endorsements of former Congressman Wayne Gilchrest and NARAL. He faces two opponents (Wendy Rosen & Kim Letke) for the chance to take on Tea Party Rep. Andy Harris this November.
The CD1 Democratic Primary has been fairly low-key thus far, but with only two days left until the Tuesday, April 3rd Democratic Primary, late-breaking endorsements might make the difference. See clips from John LaFerla's new endorsements below:
The CD1 Democratic Primary has been fairly low-key thus far, but with only two days left until the Tuesday, April 3rd Democratic Primary, late-breaking endorsements might make the difference. See clips from John LaFerla's new endorsements below:
Endorsement: Dr. John LaFerla in 1st Dist. Congress Democratic Primary
CECIL TIMES: Voters in Tuesday’s Democratic primary have several choices of candidates in the Democratic primary to take on the difficult, and probably thankless, task of trying to unseat Republican incumbent Andy Harris in the 1st District seat in Congress. But Dr. John LaFerla, a Chestertown physician, is the clear choice for Cecil County voters who want to see Harris held accountable in public debate, especially for some of his, and his party’s, more extreme views on women’s health issues.
CD6 REVENGE: Citing Family Values, Sen. David Brinkley's Ex-Wife Sallie Brinkley Endorses Rep. Roscoe Bartlett for Congress
BACKGROUND: With only two days left until the Tuesday, April 3rd Primary Election, the 6th Congressional District Republican Primary is heating up! Yesterday, incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and challenger State Senator David Brinkley traded jabs. Bartlett launched a series of attacks on Mr. Brinkley, including a mail piece calling him President Obama's "new best friend" and a radio spot painting his legislative record in a liberal light. But Rep. Bartlett's supporters dropped a nuclear bomb yesterday by releasing 911 emergency call recordings from Sen. David Brinkley' and his ex-wife Sallie. The calls were made in relation to a domestic disturbance at Sen. Brinkley's house, resulting from an affair he was having with an aide. It appears that Sallie Brinkley has not forgotten about this incident, because she is now citing family values and urging voters not to support her ex-husband.
SALLIE BRINKLEY ENDORSES ROSCOE BARTLETT: An anonymous Maryland Juice reader now reports that Sallie Brinkley is urging voters to support Rep. Roscoe Bartlett for re-election. In a message that appeared on Bartlett's Facebook campaign site, Ms. Brinkley wrote:
Much more on the CD6 race soon!
SALLIE BRINKLEY ENDORSES ROSCOE BARTLETT: An anonymous Maryland Juice reader now reports that Sallie Brinkley is urging voters to support Rep. Roscoe Bartlett for re-election. In a message that appeared on Bartlett's Facebook campaign site, Ms. Brinkley wrote:
SALLIE BRINKLEY: If Republican values like family and integrity matter to you as they do to me, you will cast a vote for Roscoe this tuesday.
Much more on the CD6 race soon!
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