Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Associated Press called for incumbent Ben Cardin to win re-election minutes after the polls closed in Maryland.
Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin won re-election to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Dan Bongino and independent Rob Sobhani. Cardin received 53 percent of the vote, while Bongino had 28 percent and Sobhani had 17 percent just before midnight on Tuesday. Cardin celebrated his re-election with other prominent Democrats at a lounge in M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. In his victory speech, Cardin praised GOP candidate Bongino for running a clean campaign, while saying Sobhani did not. Sobhani, who had previously run as a Republican, reportedly spent more than $4 million to run as an independent and was criticized recently for his last-minute robocalls to potential voters. “I gained a great deal of respect for Dan Bongino,” Cardin said. Bongino…
Friday, March 2, 2012
Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin has raised millions more in campaign funds than his nearest rival.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
By Robert Baird, Capital News Service Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin has raised millions more in campaign funds than his nearest rival, according to year-end campaign financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Cardin's campaign reported raising $697,000 for the October-December quarter, bringing the total funds raised in 2011 to more than $3.1 million, and $4.2 million for the 2006-2012 election cycle. Republican former Secret Service Agent Daniel Bongino raised the second-highest total, $130,000. Cardin's campaign has $2,664,270 on hand as of Dec. 31. Some of his largest contributors include employees and their families of The Time Group and Goldman Sachs. Cardin, who is serving his first term and who enjoys the …
Friday, February 17, 2012
Eight of Maryland's 10 congressional representatives rejected the payroll tax cut, saying that the legislation's cuts to federal employees' pension programs were unfair.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
By Mark Miller, Capital News Service Eight of the 10 members of Maryland's congressional delegation voted Friday to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, with leading Democratic members criticizing the legislation's cuts to federal employees' pension programs. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington) and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) were members of the House-Senate conference committee that produced the agreement. Both supported the compromise language in committee, but both voted against it on the floor of their respective chambers. "While this conference report does many good things, it's time to send a message to stop scapegoating our federal employees," Van Hollen said on the House floor…
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