Mark Shriver, who had more money than Van Hollen and ties to a famous Democratic family (the Kennedys).

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You get a sense of the sheer force of their numbers when you realise that Mrs Townsend is not the only clan member running in Maryland: her cousin, Mark Shriver, is trying to get into Congress.

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