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VOTING
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notable lack of enthusiasm
from the voters for either
candidate.
Carrying the Democratic
banner again is Gov. j. Mil
lard Tawes, So, a cautious,
mild-mannered, uncolorful pol
iitician, who was battered in a
bitter Democratic primary and
won the nomination with less
than half the votes cast in a
race with two other major
candidates.
Republicans, kept dangling
until the last minute by for
mer Gov. Theodore McKeldin,
who finally decided he wouldn't
run, have put up Frank Small,
jr., 66-year-old Prince Georges
businessman and a former one
term member of the House Of
Representatives.
Democrats Have Edge
One Of the issues of the race
has been the refusal of Gov.
Tawes to debate Mr.. Small.
One voters comment, which
seemed to sum up the feeling
of many, was that if they ever
debated on television both
would lose the election.
Democrats have an edge of
more than 2 to l in voter reg
istration in Maryland. The big
question is how the people who
voted against Gov. Tawes in
the Democratic primary will
cast their ballots Tuesday.
Maryland voters will elect
also a United States Senator.
and most observers are giving
Democrat Daniel B. Brewster,
now a member of the House of
Representatives, a wide margin
over Republican Edward T.
Miller, a former member Of the
House and member of Old
Guard wing of the Maryland
COP. 1t the expectations
prove correct; this will repre-
sent a Democratic gain in the
Senator as the seat being filled
Is now represented by Repub-
lican Senator John Marshall
Butler, also a member of the
party's conservative wing who
did not seek reelection.
In races for the House of
Representatives in Maryland,
the Republicans think they
have a good chance to wind up
with three or four seats. Demo-
Gratis now hold six of seven,
seats. Maryland gets an eighth
congressman this year as a
result of the census.
Matthias Seen Strong
The Republicans are count
ing on incumbent Charles McC.
Matthias to win again over
John r. Foley, a strong Ken
nedy supporter, who lost his
9Th district House seat to Mr..
Matthias in 1860. Mr.. Matthias
looks strong in the Western
Maryland counties and the out
come may be determined by the |
vote in Montgomery County
which Mr.. Foley carried by
some 1000 votes in 1860.
In the 5th district, which in
cludes Prince Georges County,
Republican Joseph Baker, jr. is
waging a spirited but uphill
battle against the solidly-
entrenched Democratic incum-
bent, Richard E. Landlord.
One Of the most interesting
congressional races in Mary
land is for the States new
Representative at large seat. |
Democrat Carlton R. Sickles of
Prince Georges and Republic
can Newton I. Steers. jr., Of
Montgomery, are generally con-
sidered pretty evenly matched,
although heavy Democratic
registration weighs in Mr..
Sickles' favor.
Republicans Hopeful
The Republicans think they
have a good chance of winning
the I'd district seat which Mr..
Brewster is vacating and the
LIST district where the incum-
bent, Democrat Thomas F.
johnson, has been indicted on
charges growing out of saw
ings and loan activities.
Democratic Attorney Gen.
eral Thomas B. Finan and
Controller Louis L. Goldstein
look like certain winners in
their races against relatively
unknown Republicans. David
c. Champion of Greenbelt is
running against Mr.. Goldstein
and Martin A. Ferris III of
Baltimore is opposing Mr..
Finan.
In the General Assembly
elections. in which all Senate
and House of Delegate seats
are to be filled, the Republic
cans are hoping 10 increase
their little band of 10 men,
bers.
Maryland voters will ballet
also on nine referendum ques-
tons.
Probably the most contro-
versial is a congressional redis-
tricting plan which would set
up Prince Georges and Howard
Counties as the States new
eighth district. This year, the
candidates for the new congress
sional seat are running at large.
Tax Issue Hot
In nearby Montgomery Coun-
ty, the Republicans have hop
ped on a 37-cent tax raise by
the Democratic County Council
and are hoping to ride it to
victory in the council, General
Assembly and other local races
there.
In Prince Georges, the Demo-
Gratis are engaged in bitter
factional primary upon which
the Republicans hope to cap
italize.
Results of the congressional
contest in Northern Virginia
will be watched nationally as
one indication of the political
popularity of President Ken