Everybody has a theory, or a gut feeling, or an armload of statistics, to tell them how the race for control of Congress is going to go — and whether Maryland is going to play a role in determining whether the Democrats cling to their slim House majority or whether Republicans make big gains.
Our sense for a while is that Maryland will keep its 7-1 Democratic edge in U.S. House seats, despite the 6th District becoming far more competitive and despite good challengers emerging who are making three other entrenched incumbents — Reps. Andy Harris (R), Dutch Ruppersberger (D) and John Sarbanes (D) uncomfortable.
The latest analysis to back up our theory comes from the Daily Kos, which looked at all 435 congressional…
