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In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Esther Klores of Rockville, Md., asks a question of Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, as he offers remarks and fields questions from senior citizens at Ring House in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Rob Sobhani (center), an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland, poses for a cellphone photo with Brian Phipps (left) of Arnold, Md., as Mr. Sobhani greets voters along the downtown harbor in Annapolis on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Dan Bongino, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland, speaks to residents at the Ring House retirement community in Rockville, Md., on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Mr. Borgino said that while he recognizes that Maryland is a tough state because it usually votes Democratic, he believes he can win because he is "running on ideas, not party politics." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Samuel Neff of Rockville, Md., listens as Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, offers remarks and fields questions from senior citizens at Ring House in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Tony Teano (left) of the Anne Arundel Community College internship office talks with independent U.S. Senate candidate Rob Sobhani at a jobs fair at the college, in Arnold, Md., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, offers remarks and fields questions from senior citizens at Ring House in Rockville, Md., on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Dan Bongino (right), the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maryland, speaks with a resident of the Ring House retirement community in Rockville, Md., following a talk he gave there on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Mr. Borgino said that while he recognizes that Maryland is a tough state because it usually votes Democratic, he believes he can win because he is "running on ideas, not party politics." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Rob Sobhani (center), an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland, talks with Brian Phipps (right) of Arnold, Md., along the downtown harbor in Annapolis on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Indiana U.S. Senate candidates Joe Donnelly (left), a Democrat, libertarian Andrew Horning (center) and Republican Richard Mourdock participate in a debate in New Albany, Ind., on Oct. 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Republican Richard Mourdock, candidate for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat, participates Oct. 23, 2012, in a debate in New Albany, Ind., with Democrat Joe Donnelly and Libertarian Andrew Horning. Mourdock, when asked during the final minutes of the debate whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest, said "it's something God intended" when a woman is impregnated during a rape. (Associated Press)