Jill Carter

Immense turn-out in Iowa this evening-- bigger than anyone expected and the biggest in history in some the precincts.Tomorrow is election day in Baltimore-- actually a special election to fill the open 7th district seat, previously held by Elijah Cummings. The district includes the western and northern parts of the city, plus suburbs and small towns to the west and north of the city in Baltimore and Howard counties.

Yesterday was a very good day for our congressional candidate in Baltimore, Jill Carter. The Baltimore Sun published a piece about her, Progressive groups hope to rally voters to put state Senator Jill P.

A few years ago, when Marianne Williamson was running for Congress in Los Angeles, I ran into my neighbors who lived across the street, a gay couple, one a member of the Los Angeles symphony orchestra and the other a successful screenwriter. I asked them what they thought about Marianne.

Maryland's 7th congressional district-- plus the suburbs and small towns to the west and to the north of the city including Ellicott City, Cooksville and Columbia-- is so blue (D+26) that the election that matters is not in November but 43 days from today-- primary day in Maryland. Whichever Democrat wins on that day, will be the next Congress member. The choice isn't between a Democrat and a Republican.

Team BloombergOnce Bloomberg, the billionaire self-funder and least liked of all the Democratic candidates running for president, put out feelers that he would pay-- and pay big-- for congressional endorsements, we asked who the first asshole would be.

Cummings, Carter, MfumeMaryland's 7th congressional district, represented since 1996 by Elijah Cummings, is getting ready for the February 4 special election primary (and an April 28th special election general) to replace him.