This week's Democratic congressional win in Mississippi has some in Maryland smiling and others frowning. Here are this week's Winners & Losers for May 16, 2008.

Winners

Losers

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Successfully beat back an effort by the Montgomery County Council to reduce raises for government employees as part of their FY2009 budget.

Jack Johnson

Back and forth, and around and around he goes. Where he'll stop, nobody knows. Oh wait, he'll be in the nobody-trusts me room.

Thomas V. Mike Miller

There appears to be a clamoring for him to stay put -- is there a strange lack of ambition and desire to see a leadership fight these days, or what?

Heather Mizeur

Had a rough story in the Sun about her role as a legislator-lobbyist.

Chris Van Hollen

Three for three with a special election victory in Kentucky, Van Hollen is already two away from his New Year's resolution of five pickups.

Andy Harris

Holy Republican-leaning districts, Batman! The GOP brand is looking incredibly weak this year.

Frank Kratovil

A Mississippi congressional district with very close similarities to Maryland's 1st went big for the Democratic candidate.

Thomas Middleton

Mike Miller is sticking around, he has to decide whether he wants to as well.

Elijah Cummings

Finding himself the first on the scene of a tragic murder, comforted the dying and proved himself to be the model of a public servant.

David Brinkley

The Senate Minority Leader got edged out from being a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

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