Tom LoBianco, Maryland politics reporter

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.

(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.