WaPo reports: "Md. Challenger Edwards Wins Stunning Victory Over Long-Time Incumbent Wynn"This is a great win for the citizens in Maryland's 4th District. Wynn has served for eight years in Congress and was endorsed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Congratulations Donna!Wynn angered progressives nationally by crossing party lines on several key votes and by accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate donations, including thousands in the closing days before the election.
When Edwards, the director of a well-known foundation that hands out grants to progressive causes, came within 3.3 percentage points of beating Wynn in 2006, national activists saw the race as an opportunity to send a message that they would hold wayward Democrats accountable. [...]
Both candidates had made their ability to tackle the foreclosure crisis a centerpiece of their campaigns in the district, which has among the highest foreclosure rates in Maryland. They tangled over whether Wynn's 2005 decision to join Republicans in support of a bankruptcy reform bill had a role in worsening the crisis. [...]
Supported by environmental groups and two large unions, Edwards pledged to accept no contributions from corporate political action committees and said her experience raising her son as a single mother made her better able to understand the struggles of county voters than Wynn.
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