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Popular congressional incumbent now wants troops to come home; says he’s in line with district voters’ views

Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006

by Judson Berger
Staff Writer

The District 4 congressional race is a battle to unseat seven-term incumbent Albert Wynn, who dominates local politics and has strayed from his Democratic colleagues on issues that define his party – at least, according to candidate Donna Edwards it is.

Edwards, a Fort Washington attorney and activist, is facing long odds. But she says she has made inroads drumming up support from residents angered by Wynn’s initial support of the Iraq war and other positions that could be labeled ‘conservative.’

‘‘Albert Wynn has for our district, a miserable voting record,” said Edwards, who clerked for Wynn at his law office nearly 20 years ago. She now calls him a fake Democrat.

Edwards said the defeat in Connecticut’s Democratic primary Tuesday of Sen. Joe Lieberman by antiwar candidate Ned Lamont signals a shift that could be repeated in Maryland.

‘‘Democrats want a change, and they want somebody who represents them, who isn’t going to walk in lock step with the Bush administration,” Edwards said. ‘‘Al Wynn is Maryland’s Joe Lieberman.”

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