Conservative senator mulls Gilchrest contest

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State Sen. Andrew Harris, a conservative Republican representing Baltimore and Harford counties, is strongly considering challenging U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest in the primary for his District 1 seat, especially after Gilchrest was one of only two House Republicans this week to vote with Democrats for a troop pullout in Iraq.

“He must be hearing different things from the district than I?ve been hearing,” Harris said. The senator has been making the rounds of Lincoln Day dinners in the district that includes all of the Eastern Shore and parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties.

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