Md. Republicans Intensify Efforts to Gain Majority

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Greatly outnumbered in both chambers of the state legislature, Republican lawmakers, encouraged and supported by Maryland's first Republican governor in more than 30 years - are intensifying efforts to win seats in Annapolis.

Just 30 percent of the General Assembly is Republican - 43 out of 141 members in the House of Delegates, 14 out of 47 in the Senate.

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Md. Republicans Intensify Efforts to Gain Majority

But despite their relatively small number in the legislature, Republicans believe Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s victory in the last election improves their odds of picking up seats in the next election. Ehrlich, of course, is the first Republican to occupy t...

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