President Obama will travel to Maryland next week to rally voter turnout in support of Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is running for re-election against former Republican governor Bob Ehrlich.
The president will campaign with O’Malley in Prince George’s County on Oct. 7 at Bowie State University, according to O’Malley spokesman Rick Abbruzzese. Bowie State University is Maryland’s oldest historically black college.
Campaign analysts say black Democrats — whose turnout is traditionally low in Maryland — are particularly valuable to O’Malley.
“If Obama can get them to the polls, [black and Latino voters] will decide the election,” said political activist Radamase Cabrera, a resident of Prince George’s County.
Obama began soliciting votes for O’Malley on Tuesday in a radio ad airing in the Baltimore area. The ad will hit the Washington region’s airwaves next week.
