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+Martin O'Malley/Anthony Brown (D) i
 		1,044,961
 		56.24%
Bob Ehrlich/Mary Kane (R)
 		776,319
 		41.79%
Susan Gaztañaga/Doug McNeil (L)
 		14,137
 		0.76%
Maria Allwine/Ken Eidel (G)
 		11,825
 		0.64%
Eric Delano Knowles/M.Hargadon (C)
 8,612
 		0.46%
write-ins
 		2,026
 		0.11%

1,857,880
Voter Registration: 3,469,450. 
Plurality: 268,642 votes (14.46 percentage points).
 MD State Board of Elections


Notes:  In a re-match of the 2006 contest, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) defeated former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) as well as three third party candidates by a comfortable double digit margin.

After losing his 2006 re-election bid, Ehrlich opened the Maryland office of the Womble Carlyle law firm.  He launched his comeback bid at a rally in Rockville on Apr. 7, 2010.  On June 30 he named Mary Kane, who had served as his Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State, and more recently worked at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as his running mate.  Ehrlich won the Sept. 14 primary with 75.8% of the vote.

O'Malley and Ehrlich debated several times:
Oct. 11 - WJZ-TV in Baltimore.
Oct. 14 - The Washington Post, WUSA Channel 9 and WAMU 88.5FM in Washington, DC (>).
Oct. 21 - WOLB 1010AM radio.

President Obama rallied with O'Malley and Democratic candidates in Bowie on Oct. 17 (>).

In a clumsy last ditch move, a consultant to the Ehrlich campaign placed an Election Day robocall to over 100,000 mostly black voters telling them they could "relax" and "watch it on TV tonight."  The consultant and campaign manager were later convicted of violating election laws.

The outcome was not a surprise.  Democrats have a huge registration advantage; at the end of October, there were 1,957,989 registered Democrats (56.4%) to 925,722 (26.7%) Republicans and 528,600 (15.2%) unaffiliated.


Campaign Managers:
Martin O'Malley:  Tom Russell
(July 2009)  Staff director of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2009.  Campaign manager on Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)'s re-election, Apr.-Nov. 2006.  Deputy chief of staff to Sen. Stabenow, Apr. 2003-Apr. 2006.  Campaign manager on Falk for Governor (WI), July 2001-Sept. 2002.  General consultant on Diane Watson for Congress (CA), Feb.-Apr. 2001.  Campaign manager on Byrum for Congress (MI), Feb.-Dec. 2000.  Campaign manager on Wineke for Congress (WI), Jan.-Sept. 1998.  Campaign manager on Waks for Senate (NJ), Apr.-Nov. 1997.  Associate editor at Campaigns and Elections Magazine, Dec. 1995-July 1996.  B.S. in government from Hamilton College, 1995.

 Bob Ehrlich:  Paul E. Schurick
Senior communications consultant at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Feb. 2007-June 2010.  Comunications director for the State of Maryland, Jan. 2003-Jan. 2007.  Chief of staff to Gov. William Donald Schaefer (MD), Jan. 1991-Jan. 1995.  M.S. (1980) and B.S. (1978) in economics from West Virginia University.



See also:
Barbara Grzincic.  "4th Circuit affirms $1M robocall judgment against Henson."  The Daily Record, July 29, 2013.

Aaron C. Davis.  "Paul Schurick's sentence in Ehrlich robocall case meant to send message, judge says."  The Washington Post, Feb. 16, 2012. 

John Wagner.  "Ex-Ehrlich campaign manager Schurick convicted in robocall case."  The Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2011.

Abby Brownback and Shannon Hoffman.  "O'Malley Defeats Ehrlich, Bucks Anti-Incumbent Trend."  Southern Maryland Online, Nov. 2, 2010.

Len Lazarick.  "Why Do These Guys Hate Each Other So Much?"  What Up? Annapolis, Oct. 2010; reprinted by MarylandReporter.com.

Jessica Taylor.  "Ehrlich kicks off Maryland campaign."  Politico, Apr. 7, 2010.

 Tom Russell.  "Memo re: 2009 Election Results and State of 2010 Race."  O'Malley-Brown Campaign, Nov. 11, 2009.  posted at Maryland Politics Watch






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