John Sarbanes

U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville), U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore) and U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore) joined the Korean War Veterans Association on Thursday to celebrate the enactment of legislation that grants the group a Federal Charter.

The trio was also joined by U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas).

“The Korean War is often referred to as the ‘forgotten’ war, and recognition of our veterans from this war is long overdue,” said Cardin in a statement. “This Federal Charter lets the nearly 1.2 million American veterans of the Korean War who are still alive know that we have not forgotten them, and we honor the sacrifice they made for our nation.”

Despite his large reserve (for a freshman) in cash on hand, the campaign committee of John Sarbanes made few transfers to Democratic lawmakers around the country.

U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Towson), who currently holds Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District seat, reported $74,020.55 in total contributions for the second quarter, and has $390,420.62 cash on hand, according to the Federal Election Commission. 

Sarbanes raised $934,367.33 in total contributions to date for this election.

Fundraising numbers were unavailable for Thomas Harris, Sarbanes' Republican opponent.

First elected in 2006, Sarbanes represents MD-3.

U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes will be hold be holding a Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Monday.

The Virtual Town Hall will be a free form Q&A conducted via telephone and will be held at 7:20pm.

“I believe that the best way to represent the Third District in Washington is through an open discussion about the most pressing issues facing America today,” said Sarbanes in a statement.

The Sarbanes campaign has been actively using technology as a key tool in their re-election efforts.

Sarbanes is currently serving his first term in Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District seat and is running against Republican Thomas Harris, an insurance broker.

The John Sarbanes for Congress campaign released a video from one of the Maryland Democratic Party's 'Unity Picnics' -- this one at Banneker Historical Park in Baltimore County on July 13.

Attendees included Senator Ben Cardin, Represenatives Sarbanes and Elijah Cummings, congressional challengers Frank Kratovil and Jennifer Dougherty, and state Chair Michael Cryor.

The Democratic State Party has organized free picnics around the state to celebrate party unity after a long and divisive primary season.

In an effort to be more transparent, U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes’ campaign is finding new ways to reach out to constituents and voters in MD-3 via the internet.

“The gates are open,” said George Zisiadis who works as the Sarbanes campaign’s social media coordinator.

U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Towson) gives a virtual tour of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's website in a video released by his campaign last week.

The video, created by the Sarbanes campaign's 'Social Media Consultant' George Zisiadis, features the congressman explaining the webtools available to Obama supporters and has had over 3,300 views on YouTube.

Sarbanes has aggressively used the Internet to connect with supporters in the 2008 cycle. He faces Republican Thomas Harris in November, in a race which is not seen as competitive.

Congressional candidate Frank KratovilState's Attorney Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville) will be fundraising in Washington this afternoon for his campaign for the 1st Congressional District with the help of the state's Democratic congressional delegation. Guests include U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore) and Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore), U.S. Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Cockeysville) and John Sarbanes (D-Towson) plus U.S. Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville), the House majority leader, and Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

COLUMBIA – David Paulson told a crowd of about 15 on Sunday at a Columbia Democratic Club PAC fundraiser that the party is committed to gaining control of all eight seats in the state's congressional delegation.

The state Democratic Party communications officer touched on topics like building the state party, the presidential election and former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R-Arbutus), but focused on U.S. House races.

Ehrlich in oilIt's time for PolitickerMD.com's Winner and Losers, and as Barbara Mikulski could attest lately, you win some, you lose some. Also: scandals account for two losers, while Al Wynn cashes in and Bob Ehrlich takes his place in history.

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