It's Tuesday, So There Are Primaries

And Romney sweeps the primaries, Maryland, DC, and Wisconsin.

The fat lady is singing.  About the only interesting thing is that Santorum was not on the ballot in DC, and none of the votes went to either Gingrich or Paul.  (Romney 70.2%, Paul 12%, Gingrich, 10.8%)

Such are the vicissitudes of the Maryland electoral that I didn't even bother to vote.

Only congressmen and a senators were up for elections, and Ben Cardin is Senator for as long as he wants to be, and Jon  Cardin is my rep for life.

There was a bit of drama in the 6^th district, where the Republican octogenarian Roscoe Bartlett was challenged by 7 opponents in the primary, but won with a plurality, and on the Democratic side, there was what was supposed to a close race between John Delaney and State Senator Rob Garagiola wasn't close:

A wealthy Potomac businessman whose very candidacy challenged state Democratic leaders won a congressional primary in Western Maryland on Tuesday, setting up a battle for the seat in November that will help decide control of the House of Representatives.

John Delaney, a banker and first-time candidate, managed to topple state Sen. Rob Garagiola in the race, even though leading Democratics in Annapolis such as Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller had the legislator in mind when they redrew the 6th Congressional District last year to make it more competitive.

Garagiola was endorsed by Governor O'Malley, and Delaney was endorsed by Bill Clinton, and Delaney spent a lot more money, but given the dynamics of of western Maryland, my guess is that the voters in the region, at least in the old 6^th, resented the idea of having their district redrawn for the benefit of one guy.