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Maryland Senator Benjamin Cardin Wins Democratic Primary
Tuesday, April 3, 2012    
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Maryland Sen. Benjamin Cardin has won the Democratic primary.

Cardin, who has served one term in the Senate and 10 terms in the House of Representatives, won against eight primary challengers. They included Maryland state Sen. C. Anthony Muse of Prince George’s County.

Cardin picked up key Democratic endorsements, including President Obama, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Kweisi Mfume, a former congressman and former head of the NAACP.

For the GOP, there are 10 candidates hoping to win the nomination. They included former U.S. Secret Service agent Daniel Bongino and Richard Douglas, a former Bush administration defense department appointee.