Garagiola announces 6th District run

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Frederick News-Post

State Sen. Robert Garagiola, a Montgomery County Democrat, has not officially filed to run for Maryland's 6th Congressional District seat, but he intends to see his name on the ballot next November.

In a series of campaign stops throughout the district on Tuesday, Garagiola announced his plan to run for the seat in the 2012 race, which already includes five Republicans -- among them incumbent 10-term Republican U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett.

Until mid-October, the 6th District included all of Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick and Carroll counties, as well as portions of Montgomery, Baltimore and Harford counties. Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a Senate bill on Oct. 20 that changed the district's boundaries. It still includes all of Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties, but only a portion of southern Frederick County, including the City of Frederick, and a large chunk of Montgomery County.

The district, which formerly sprawled across northern Maryland's rural communities, now shoots south from Frederick along I-270, capturing nearly 360,000 residents in Democratic-leaning Montgomery County.

Read more: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=127826

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Bartlett's fundraising has been anemic:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00002017&cycle=2012

I wonder if he really will run for reelection.