Last night’s Congressional races
Did you know that there were two important Congressional primaries in Maryland last night? On the Democratic side, in Maryland-04, incumbent Al Wynn, a favorite punching bag of blogs like OpenLeft (you can read about some of Wynn’s misdeeds here) was defeated by Donna Edwards. This is a major victory for the netroots, who backed Edwards to the hilt. Here’s OpenLeft’s analysis:
…the new primary voters who are coming out for Barack Obama are also going to result in the first progressive displacement of a centrist, corporate, congressional Democrat via a primary in years. This it it. This is what we have been working for and building for. This is our emerging majority. We finally have the organization, and the voters, and the whole ball of wax. The movement has thoroughly come of age.
On the Republican side, in Maryland-01, incumbent Wayne Gilchrest lost a close primary fight. My friends in DC uniformly describe Gilchrest as one of the good guys. He’s been the most consistently anti-Iraq war Republican in the entire House (with the possible exception of Ron Paul). You can read an interview with Gilchrest here. He’ll be missed by people on both sides of the aisle.
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