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in maryland, challenger, john delany is tipping the fundraiser scales. that is in the 6th district congressional race. the baltimore sun says he raised about $399,000 last quarterment. compare that to bartlett who raised $218,000. >>> if you are planning to vote in that race or any other, today is the deadline to make sure you are registered in maryland. you need to have your paperwork in. the deadline is this friday, but you only have the option of registering in person as the election board headquarters. virginia's deadline was yesterday, so it has passed. we have more voter registration. click on campaign 2012. >>> as for tonight, i'll be here with our sister publication, u.s.a. today tracking the debate. you can watch it live on wusa9 and stream live at wusa9.com. we're going to have live blogging from the political team here at u.s.a. today on our website and then tonight at 11:00, we fact check what the candidates said, what was true, what wasn't, without any spin. that's it from here, let's go back to the studio for more on a big change in local l

john delany is the democratic candidate. he was not the establishment choice in maryland.is in a close race with roscoe bartlett, 782-year-old multi-term republican. it looks like delany might engineer pickup for democrats there. >> bret: kirsten? >> in florida, allen west a lot of our viewers know fire brand tea party candidate running against murphy in florida 18th district. murphy is a moderate democrat. >> this is a test. he left the party over what he sees as extremism of the tea party. battle neck and neck and a lot of money spent. >> georgia 12 held by the last blue dog. it was gerrymandered as well. they let them win the seat. he holds the pistol and a rifle. nobody can take these away from him. rifle with his dad. that race is a tossup because he won a great campaign. deny the republicans a pickup. they have been expecting. >> bret: filed you there that. put up tracking the economy. gdp 2%. good news, bad news, down the row? fred? >> better than 1.3 but not enough to create jobs. >> bret: look at the track there. >> better than expected. in that sense it's good. n

line so they could elect one more democrat and that is john delaney who has a lot of money on his own and they put him in with roscoe bartlett. delanyf by virtue of what the district is composed of. democrats wanted to do this and they'll probably succeed. >> mark tonight. >>> we invite you to tell us what you think. tweet your thoughts with the hash tag, fox35dc you decide. fox 5 will do a 30 minute political special starting monday. fox 5 news edge, you decide 2012. over you candidates and issues that will help you in the voting booth. see you monday night right after the news edge at 6:00. >> a twist in the trial of two officers accused of beating a college student. why a judge dropped some of the charges. plus, one of the biggest local road projects in decades is close to wrapping up. if you're a commuter like me, you have to be happy about that. tonight, you'll find out what it will cost you to drive the new beltway express lanes. >>> keeping us up a little bit later tonight. >> that was a doozy and we have it on viper. that rain that delayed the st. louis giants game by 3 1/2 hours is heading toward washington. it will get her