Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) is leaving zero doubt a Democrat will succeed him in the Senate when he retires in January.

“I think in November, Maryland will not be in play,” he told the Washington Examiner after Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive, clinched the Democratic nomination on Tuesday night.

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