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Cardin Files for Reelection, Independent Enters Race

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin has filed for re-election, saying he always runs a very aggressive campaign on the issues and plans to do so again. This time it'll be against Chelsea Manning.

Cardin filed Monday to run for his third U.S. Senate term.

Manning, a transgender woman and former U.S. Army private who was convicted of leaking over 700,000 classified documents, filed last month to run in the Democratic primary.

The 74-year-old Cardin says he's ready for widespread interest in the race. Three other Democrats are running in the primary: Jerome Segal, Richard Vaughn and Debbie Wilson.

Cardin won the Senate seat in 2006. He served 10 terms in the U.S. House before that.

The filing deadline is Feb. 27. The primary is June 26.

Independent

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Neal Simon

A Rockville-based businessman is announcing his plans to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland as an independent.

Neal Simon is making the announcement in Rockville Tuesday. He says voters around the state are fed up with Washington's partisan politics and feel "politically homeless."

Simon, who is making his first run at public office, says he believes in bringing people together and leading from the middle.

He will need to present 10,000 valid signatures to the state elections board to get on the ballot.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.