For Bob Ehrlich, ‘This Closes A Chapter In Our Life’

On the jumbo TV screen in the Exhibition Hall of the Timonium Fairgrounds Tuesday night, with the sound on mute, a clearly exuberant Gov. Martin O’Malley gave his victory speech as the crowd watched mostly silent and unbelieving.

Throughout the evening, as one news organization after another declared the incumbent Democrat the victor, members of Bob Ehrlich’s camp still believed he could somehow pull it out.  Told the disheartening news by a reporter, Ziggy Cirigliano, who for years had driven around in his pick-up truck with a huge “Bring Ehrlich Back” sign, said the numbers from Baltimore County had yet to come in. The reporter checked his laptop computer and gave him the bad news. Ehrlich and O’Malley were running neck and neck in Baltimore County, the home county where the former Republican governor needed at least 60% of the vote.

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