Robey to challenge Schrader in District 13.

[nickshepDEM]

How do you think he will fair?

After 32 years of policing Howard County and two terms as county executive, Democrat James N. Robey wants to knock a Republican out of the Maryland Senate on his way to retirement.

But his target could prove formidable: state Sen. Sandra B. Schrader, a GOP moderate with close ties to the administration of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and deep roots in Howard County District 13, where Robey has yet to take up residence.

Robey's announcement was the third major political event in the county since Friday, when County Councilman Ken Ulman, a west Columbia Democrat, announced he will seek the county executive's job.

The next day, Councilman Christopher J. Merdon, a 34-year-old Ellicott City Republican, staged a formal announcement of his candidacy for county executive, complete with hundreds of applauding supporters, sign-wavers and a musical flourish at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post off Old Columbia Pike.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-ho.robey23nov23,1,1478904.story?coll=bal-mdpolitics-headlines

[DaveinMD]

1. he'll win

I think Schraeder will end up being the Lt. Gov nominee.

[nickshepDEM]

2. You dont think it will matter that he is carpetbagging?

Ive also heard rumors about Schrader landing the Lt. Gov. slot, Dave. But part of me thinks those rumors will prove to be just that, rumors. If she vacates her senate seat the dems will then have a majority of the senate seats in Howard County.

[DaveinMD]

3. He's been County Executive

moving from area to area within a county is not the same thing as moving from county to county. He's immensely popular and will win.