
Independent Rob Sobhani, greeting Donna Walsh in Annapolis, and Republican Dan Bongino are confident of an upset in the race against Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, though the Democrat has a healthy lead in polls. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Larry Rosen (right) of Rockville, Md., asks a question of Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, at the Ring House retirement community in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Samuel Neff of Rockville, Md., listens as Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, offers remarks and fields questions from senior citizens at Ring House in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, offers remarks and fields questions from senior citizens at Ring House in Rockville, Md., on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Independent Rob Sobhani, greeting Donna Walsh in Annapolis, and Republican Dan Bongino are confident of an upset in the race against Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, though the Democrat has a healthy lead in polls. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Independent Rob Sobhani, greeting Donna Walsh in Annapolis, and Republican Dan Bongino are confident of an upset in the race against Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, though the Democrat has a healthy lead in polls. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Independent Rob Sobhani, greeting Donna Walsh in Annapolis, and Republican Dan Bongino are confident of an upset in the race against Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, though the Democrat has a healthy lead in polls. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, has a big lead over his challengers, polls show. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (left), New York Democrat, and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, take part in a news conference about the debt limit on Thursday, July 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)