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Besides Feinstein(CA), Which other Democratic US Senator up for re-election in 2024 will retire? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Nov 2022 OP
Re MD, Cardin SARBANES elleng Nov 2022 #1
John Sarbanes's advantage is he is the son of a popular former US Senator. nkpolitics1212 Nov 2022 #2
Sarbanes has been working toward this position for many years, imo, elleng Nov 2022 #3

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
2. John Sarbanes's advantage is he is the son of a popular former US Senator.
Sat Nov 26, 2022, 07:57 PM
Nov 2022

Jamie Raskin’s advantage is Raskin is from Montgomery County which is in the DC Metro Area. The Democratic base in DC Metro area than the Baltimore metro area.
Jamie Raskin is serving on powerful committees.
Administration(Vice Chair)
Judiciary
(subcommittee on Constitution,Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.)
(subcommittee on Antitrust,Commercial,and Administrative Law)
Oversight and Reform
(subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.)Chair
(subcommittee on Government Operations)
(subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis)
Rules
January 6 Attack


elleng

(135,848 posts)
3. Sarbanes has been working toward this position for many years, imo,
Sat Nov 26, 2022, 08:04 PM
Nov 2022

and Jamie Raskin is, imo, comfortable exercising his expertise has he has done, as well as being well-admired through much of MD (including MoCo.)

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