ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — When he was a boy, Steve Franzitch stayed up to watch election returns the way others paid attention to extra innings in baseball.

Politics has always been his sport of choice, and it’s not an exaggeration to say he wrote the book on the subject. His text on American government has gone through several printings.

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