Maryland's 1st Congressional District is now only (R) vs (L) on ballot

[Havax]

Should be interesting.

http://boda4congress.net/2012/09/10/muir-boda-press-release-on-wendy-rosens-withdrawal-from-congressional-race/

[Brian4Liberty]

Does this District usually go Democrat, or Republican?

[Darguth]

Currently held by a (R) who won 54-42 in 2010.

Still, will be interesting to see how the Libertarian can do head-to-head.

[mz10]

It's worth noting that Andy Harris is very fiscally conservative. This is not a case of a moderate establishment-type who might scare off Tea Party voters.

[CaptLouAlbano]

There is also a Michael Calpino on the ballot as an Independent. The Dems don't have a candidate because the primary winner withdrew. Based on the primary election totals it looks like the district was redrawn and is strongly GOP now. Harris got 44,000 votes in the primary and was unopposed, the Dems total was around 24,000 in a competitive race.

Boda ran for city council twice. Does anyone have info on how well he did? The LP has a history of running people for federal offices that have never held elected office before, which is a big part of the reason why they lose all the time.

[Nathan Hale]

Usually a libertarian in a two way matchup will pull around 25% as they suck in Dem party liners who want to embarrass the Republican, alas, unless this LP candidate is well-funded and runs an aggressive campaign, that's probably about as far as it's going to go.

[tsai3904]

Wendy Rosen's name will still be on the ballot and the Democratic Party will endorse a write in candidate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/md-democrats-will-run-write-in-candidate-to-replace-wendy-rosen/2012/09/11/41280f80-fc22-11e1-a31e-804fccb658f9_blog.html

[Nathan Hale]

Oh, then the Dems are just screwed. The half who don't follow politics will vote Rosen, the half who do will vote for the write-in candidate, the GOPer will win and the LP candidate will get 2%. UNLESS Gary Johnson manages to get into the debates (real long shot) and galvanizes support, then, as Gary says, all bets are off.