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Robin DeibertSixth district Democrat Robin Deibert, who ran unsuccessfully in the Feb. 12 primary, is eating the $10,000 loan she made to her campaign.

Well, most of it anyway.

Deibert filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission to terminate her campaign account at the end of the second financial quarter.

While she had $10,000 in debt from a personal loan, she still had about $3,800 in her campaign account. Closing the account means the cash on hand goes toward repaying her loan, so she finishes up losing only $6,200 on her failed bid.

With 10% of the vote, Deibert placed a distant third to former Frederick Mayor Jennifer Dougherty, who won with 44%, and 2006 Democratic nominee Andrew Duck's 37%.

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Jennifer Dougherty, the former mayor of Frederick and the 2008 Democratic nominee in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District, said she would focus on a variety of issues, including the budget and energy concerns, if elected to Congress in November.

Dougherty faces an uphill battle against eight-term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett in the heavily conservative district. She surprised many political pundits with her victory over Andrew Duck in the Feb. 12 primary. Duck, the 2006 Democratic nominee, had been the favorite.

The candidate told PolitickerMD.com that “balancing the budget” would be a type priority, saying her experience as a mayor would aide in that effort.

On energy, Dougherty said she would support the “construction of a biofuel refinery,” saying it would help solve the nation’s energy problems and dependence.

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Former Frederick Mayor Jennifer Dougherty has secured the Democratic nomination in the Sixth District this evening, upsetting favorite Andrew Duck.

With 87% of precincts reporting, Dougherty won 20,803 votes to Duck's 17,774, or 44% to 38%.

She will face Rep. Roscoe Bartlett in November. 

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Octogenarian Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett is headed to re-nomination in his solidly red Sixth District, while the early returns show a close race between Democrats Andrew Duck and Jennifer Dougherty.

With 18% of the precincts reporting, former Frederick Mayor Dougherty is leading Duck, who faced Bartlett in 2006, 43% to 38%.

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Financially, Sixth District Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is far and away leading the pack in his bid for re-election.

The eight-term Republican took in $111,000 last year, with $60,000 from individual contributions, $49,000 from political action committees, and a few thousand dollars in expenditure refunds.

Likely Democratic nominee Andrew Duck raised well over $73,000 from almost $70,000 in individual contributions and $3,750 in donations from union PAC funds.

But while Bartlett barely opened his warchest, spending just $32,000, Duck’s comparatively competitive primary led him to spend more than twice that: almost $66,000.

As it stands now, Bartlett has $277,000 cash on hand, while Duck has only $10,500.

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Andrew J. DuckThis morning, Sixth District congressional candidate Andrew Duck received the endorsement of the NEA Fund, the political action committee for the National Education Association.

"I am proud of my public education, and will work hard in Congress to make America's public schools once again the best in the world,” Duck said in a statement.

“Great public education has always been the ladder up in America. I appreciate this endorsement and look forward to the teachers' help throughout the campaign as we work together to defeat Roscoe Bartlett and return the 6th District to its citizens."

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Democratic congressional candidate Andrew Duck will participate in two events tomorrow designed to bring awareness to the dangers of lead poisoning in children’s toys.

The events are part of the United Steelworkers’ (USW) National Day of Action on Toxic Trade, where thousands of members and their families will demonstrate at over 100 congressional offices from across the country demanding that Congress take action on the issue.

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Andrew J. Duck, the favorite to win the Democratic nomination in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, can defeat Republican eight-term incumbent Roscoe Bartlett in the general election, according to his campaign manager, Walter Ludwig.

“Roscoe continues to vote wrongly on everything important to the people of the sixth district,” Ludwig said.

District 8 Rep. Christopher Van Hollen says he won’t take sides in the 6th district Democratic primary between former Frederick Mayor Jennifer Dougherty and ’06 nominee Andrew Duck.

“It’s a Democratic primary and the DCCC does not get involved in Democratic primaries,” Van Hollen told PolitickerMD.com. “In my capacity, since I chair the DCCC, I have not gotten involved in the primaries.” more >