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MARYLAND

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RACE: U.S. Senate
[Michael Steele (R), Ben Cardin (D),
Kweisi Mfume (D), Corrogan R. Vaughn (R),
Thomas Hampton (R), Allan Lichtman (D),
Joshua Rales (D), Lise Van Susteren (D)]
GENERAL ELECTION DATE: November 7, 2006
PRIMARY: September 12, 2006

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Immigration Issue	Thomas Hampton Republican	Allan Lichtman Democrat	Joshua Rales Democrat	Lise Van Susteren Democrat
Incumbent's Winning Percentage in Last General Election
Congressional Immigration Reduction Grade
Amnesty/Permanent Legalization for Illegal Aliens				oppose
Temporary Legalization for Illegal Aliens as Guestworkers				oppose
Chain Migration
Visa Lottery
Citizenship for Illegal Aliens' Babies				oppose
Large-scale Importation of Workers				oppose
Worker Verification
Federal Pickup of Locally Detained Illegal Aliens
Federal Forced Doubling Of U.S. Population With Immigration				support

SOURCES & EXPLANATIONS
• Most positions are based on immigration surveys filled out and signed by the candidate. (Click here for a survey to send to candidates for whom no positions are shown.)
• If a challenger returns a survey, but the incumbent does not, the incumbent's positions are filled in based on the incumbent's past actions in Congress.
• Capitalized green positions (i.e. SUPPORTS - OPPOSES) indicate a stance that would encourage lower immigration and more U.S. stability.
• Lower-case red positions (i.e. supports - opposes) indicate stances that would lead to higher U.S. immigration, sprawl and congestion.
• Squares that are blank  indicate that no position is yet known for that issue.
• "SUPPORT/OPPOSE" indicates a mixed stance that is more supportive than oppositional.
• "OPPOSE/SUPPORT" is similar but indicates more opposition than support.