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GOP sources: Amedori quits Brian Murphy run against Ehrlich
Former delegate Carmen Amedori has quit running with Brian Murphy against Bob Ehrlich in the Republican primary, Republican sources are reporting.
Murphy told a small group of Republican activists tonight that she quit the campaign, according to two Republican sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Republican Blog Red Maryland first reported the departure. Neither Amedori nor Murphy returned calls to their cell phones Thursday night.
Brian Murphy, GOP dark horse?
(My latest for WYPR, linked here. TL)
BEL AIR, MD (wypr) – Last week, on a sunny day outside the Harford County Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air, Brian Murphy is tried to whip a crowd of Tea Partiers into a frenzy, not a difficult task with this enthusiastic crowd. But the newcomer’s stump speech was unrefined and he wasn’t getting the jazzed reaction many other speakers get at the rally of about 200 supporters.
Murphy is running for governor, first against former Gov. Robert Ehrlich in a Republican primary in September. Then, if he is successful, he would likely face Gov. Martin O’Malley
Talking just a few feet from the pickup truck-turned-dais at the Tea Party party, Murphy was insistent he can take the governor’s office for the Republicans.
“This is for real. I feel like people, when they meet me, they say This is for real.’ I’m not here to make a point. I’m not here to protest, I’m here to win. And when I win, I’m going to fix this government’s budget, God as my witness.”
EXCLUSIVE: Amedori to join Murphy GOP ticket
(My exclusive from WYPR, which aired this morning … TL)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Murphy is set to announce former House of Delegates member Carmen Amedori as his running mate Friday. The duo poses a possible problem for former Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s attempt to re-take the State House. WYPR’s Tom LoBianco reports.
Amedori is set to end her bid for U.S. Senate and join Murphy, completing a ticket which will be running to the right of former Gov. Robert Ehrlich in the Republican primary, the sources told WYPR Wednesday.
The Carroll County native served as a Republican member of the House of Delegates for five years before being appointed by Ehrlich to serve state parole board in 2004.
According to a press release from the Murphy campaign, the name of a running mate will be announced Friday.
Murphy declined comment for this story. Amedori did not return calls to her cell phone and an e-mail seeking comment Wednesday.
