With the filing deadline having passed yesterday, the ballot process in Wicomico County took another step toward completion. Including statewide and federal offices, over 100 candidates filed for the partisan primaries for Republicans and Democrats held September 14, while 12 others (mostly for statewide races) automatically advance to the November ballot as members of Maryland’s recognized minor parties or candidates who chose to remain unaffiliated.
Yet a few conspicuous holes remain for party leaders of both the Republicans and Democrats to fill. Most glaring statewide is the lack of a Republican to challenge Attorney General Doug Gansler.
(continued on my Examiner.com page…)
