Top MD Democrats Throw Support To Kerry's Camp [View All]

[Freddie Stubbs]

By Paul Schwartzman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 25, 2004; Page A06


A parade of prominent Maryland Democrats endorsed Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential campaign yesterday, saying that the candidate's national security experience best positions him to challenge President Bush in the fall.

Paul S. Sarbanes and Barbara A. Mikulski, the state's two U.S. senators, along with Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, topped the list of a dozen Democrats who announced their support for Kerry in Tuesday's primary in Maryland, one of 10 states holding contests that day.

Kerry is counting on the group to help build momentum before voters go to the polls. Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) is mounting an aggressive campaign for Maryland's 69 delegates.

The Maryland Democrats who announced their endorsement yesterday included Reps. Chris Van Hollen, Steny H. Hoyer, Benjamin L. Cardin and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger; Comptroller William Donald Schaefer; Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr.; and Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan.

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