Your analysis of this district is completely erroneous. It is a very safely Democratic district. Two of the other 6 districts are more conservative-15 and 39. Damascus is a very small part of the district. This district becomes more safely Democratic in every election.
If I may ask, if the district is so blue, and greater Damascus area is such a small part of the district (lower density but a large chunk of land), how did a pro-life Democrat, of all things, prevail over other Democrats? Taylor is African-American, and Burtonsville has a substantial African-American community, but where is the pro-life base that moved Taylor into third place over other Democratic choices in the primary?
It's like hearing that a pro-gay marriage Republican beat out the religious right, but that the district is very, very red.
Because abortion issues are not an election driver in MD unless the politician in question makes it so (1).
I don't understand why you would expect one unresponsive, no-name challenger to beat an incumbent on the D14 team.
(1) There are three bills in the House right now that are anti-choice: 2 parental notification bills & one fetus=person bill. Taylor is not a co-sponsor on any of them.
If Taylor were standing at the corner of New Hampshire Ave and Rt 108 with an aborted fetus poster, well, then his pro-life position might become an election issue.
Finally: nobody's up-in-arms about these bills they're going nowhere, one way or another.
I ask not to challenge, but for information; as stated, I did not follow this race, and I do thank you for your correction.
