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OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The two leading candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maryland will square off Thursday night in a televised debate.
Congressman Ben Cardin and former congressman Kweisi Mfume will meet at 7pm on Maryland Public Television.
The hourlong debate is sponsored by The League of Women Voters. Three Democratic candidates - Josh Rales, Allan Lichtman and Dennis Rasmussen - protested outside the league's Annapolis office yesterday because they weren't invited to participate. Polls show Cardin and Mfume leading a field of 18 Democrats competing in the September 12th primary. The winner will face the presumptive Republican nominee, Michael Steele, in the November election.
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