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Republican Candidates' Debate

All five candidates for the GOP nomination for Maryland's 2nd Congressional District met in a public forum on August 30, 2010, at the public library in Towson. Josh Dowlut arranged the event, and Matthew Newman of OldLineElephant moderated the debate.

Matt Newman audio recorded the evening. Audio recordings are in three parts and are available here:

Opening statements, in Part One, are in this order:
Jimmy Mathis
Troy Stouffer
Josh Dowlut
Marcelo Cardarelli
Francis Treadwell

On November 2, 2010, Dutch Ruppersberger needs to retire. All five Republican candidates are honorable men offering themselves for public service. Any one of the five would be better than Dutch.