February 7th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
Maryland Senator 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. In an interview with WCBC News, Cardin says he doesn’t focus on his opponents in a campaign so much as he does promoting his positions on the issues…
