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In challenging incumbent Governor Martin O'Malley as well as Republican opponent Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Democrat George Owings looks to move his party away from the left and more toward the right, Owings said. "I believe, and always believe, and grew up believing that the Democratic tent is large enough for all who associate themselves with the Democratic party to be under that tent," Owings said.

While sitting in the library of Columbia University, preparing for a lecture later that evening, English professor Frances Ferguson checked her e-mail and was met with a surprise. "I saw that a friend who teaches at the University of Virginia had sent me congratulations," Ferguson said.