It’s all in the game
If Sen. Andy Harris is bitter about his recent defeat in the 1st Congressional District, he certainly isn’t showing it.
“You don’t get in the game if you can’t take a loss,” Harris said after a Nov. 11 press conference in White Marsh where he conceded the race to Democrat Frank Kratovil.
Harris came up more than 2,000 votes short against Kratovil, a state’s attorney from Queen Anne’s County. The vote was so close on election night (just 916 votes between the two) that both sent teams of watchers to observe absentee and provisional ballot counts at election boards from Baltimore County to the Eastern Shore. It wasn’t until last Thursday that Harris ultimately conceded.
Harris said his defeat, in what was thought to be a safe Republican district, was part of a national trend that led to 2008 being a Democratic year and a need for the Republican Party to re-establish itself as the party of fiscal discipline.
“I believe the pendulum will swing back in two years,” Harris said.
He was careful not to say what he will be running for in 2010 when he could have to choose between a rematch with Kratovil or running for re-election to his 7th District state Senate seat.
“I will show up to a game in two years,” Harris said before leaving to take his family to dinner.