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Presidential Election 2012

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Barack Obama Wins Maryland

Voters in Maryland on Tuesday gave the state's 10 electoral votes to Barack Obama.

Barack Obama won Maryland’s 10 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race three out of five times. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Maryland. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections.  ABC and CNN reported Obama had won Maryland within 30 minutes of the polls closing around the state. » Follow live election updates here and 'like' our Maryland Patch Facebook page. Women's rights at the national level were a key issue for some in Maryland, including Edgemere resident Trudie Stancliff. "I know of a lot of …

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

O'Malley to Face Jindal on 'This Week'

The presidential race and the economy are on the docket.

Gov. Martin O'Malley and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal are scheduled to face-off on Sunday on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." O'Malley is chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. Jindal is considered a potential running mate for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The governors are expected to discuss the presidential race and the state of the economy. The latest jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department, released Friday, showed that the United States added 80,000 jobs in June, The New York Times reported. Unemployement remained at 8.2 percent.

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