Comptroller race a referendum on Schaefer

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Comptroller William Donald Schaefer is fighting what may be the final battle of his half-century in politics, and in Tuesday?s primary, the unpredictable ex-governor and ex-mayor may do something he hasn?t done in 50 years ? lose an election.

Don?t bet on it, said Stephen Abrams, a Montgomery County Republican who admits he filed for the job on the off chance Schaefer might lose.

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