MARYLAND: Senate Race Still Close

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire has the latest Rasmussen poll numbers in the Maryland Senate Democratic Primary race with Kweisi Mfume and Ben Cardin as well as possible matchups with likely Republican candidate Michael Steele. The primary is Tuesday September 12. Currently Cardin leads Steele 47% to 42%. Mfume leads Steele 46% to 44%. Currently, Mfume leads Cardin "by a few percentage points" which makes it likely both of the major party nominees will be African Americans. Currently there is one African American Senator, Barack Obama (D-IL), and one Latino Senator, Ken Salazar (D-CO), in the United States Senate.