Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : State Lawmaker Wins Mfume’s Seat
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
State legislator Elijah Cummings handily won a special congressional election to fill the vacated seat of former Democratic Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who resigned to become president of the NAACP. Cummings, a Democrat, rolled over his Republican opponent, Kenneth Kondner, with 81% of the vote in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Baltimore and vicinity and is overwhelmingly Democratic.
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