Tuesday’s Three-Jurisdiction Contest
Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia
by Associated Press
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Campaigns Look Ahead to Potomac Primary in Nation’s Capital, Mid-Atlantic
The nation’s capital and its suburbs have a rare opportunity to help decide a presidential election rather than just obsess about it, as next Tuesday’s three-jurisdiction contest centers on Washington and its two neighbors.
…Most of the action is on the Democratic side. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are battling over 168 delegates in heavily Democratic Maryland and D.C., and in Virginia, once a reliably Republican state in presidential elections but now a more competitive prize.
Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia usually hold primaries after the two parties’ nominees are settled. This year, however, the Democratic nomination remains very much in play — and the Republican contest still has life — as the contests move to the mid-Atlantic region.
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