Kasemeyer

County residents face clear choices on key issues -- from privatizing education to taxes -- in each of Howard's three state Senate races.The Republicans -- David P. Maier, Del. Martin G. Madden and Sen. Christopher J. McCabe -- are anti-abortion advocates, want to explore providing government vouchers for private-school education and support GOP gubernatorial candidate Ellen R. Sauerbrey's proposal to cut income taxes 24 percent over four years.By contrast, the Democrats -- Edward J. Kasemeyer, Del. Virginia M. Thomas and James P. Mundy -- are abortion-rights proponents, oppose allocating public money for private education ventures.

The Maryland Republican Party has asked the state prosecutor's office to investigate whether Edward J. Kasemeyer, the Democratic candidate for state Senate in District 12, established residency in his district in time to run for office."

Republican state Senate candidate David P. Maier charged at a candidates forum last night that his Democratic opponent is a "professional politician" who doesn't have the same commitment District 12 residents that he does."

There were winners and losers in Tuesday's primary election, but there was also something else:A quiet revolution.In June of last year, I wrote about how Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse (MAHA) intended to propose a comprehensive gun control bill, send it to each candidate for state office in the 1994 election and then tell the public which candidates supported gun control and which did not.The comprehensive bill would:1. Require the licensing of handgun and handgun ammunition purchasers.

The 12th state Senate District straddles two worlds.To the west is meticulously planned, predominantly liberal Columbia, with its cul-de-sacs, swimming pools and community centers. But the eastern part of the district includes such older, more conservative working-class communities as Lansdowne and Arbutus -- the core of incumbent Sen. Nancy L. Murphy's support.Now, Edward J. Kasemeyer, a Columbia Democrat and former Howard County state senator, is trying to unseat Ms. Murphy, 64, a Catonsville Realtor and 12-year Democratic lawmaker, by rallying the diverse new district around one issue: gun control.

State Senate candidate Edward J. Kasemeyer, joined by the parents of a college student who was shot to death at a Severna Park doughnut shop last August, said yesterday that society is "indirectly encouraging violence by the lack of control and regulation of handguns."Mr. Kasemeyer sought to distinguish himself from other candidates in newly redrawn District 12 -- which stretches from largely liberal Columbia to more conservative southwestern Baltimore County -- by announcing his support for comprehensive gun-control legislation at a news conference at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia.

State Senate candidate Edward J. Kasemeyer, joined by the parents of a college student who was shot to death at a Severna Park doughnut shop last August, said yesterday that society is "indirectly encouraging violence by the lack of control and regulation of handguns."Mr. Kasemeyer sought to distinguish himself from other candidates in newly redrawn District 12 -- which stretches from largely liberal Columbia to more conservative, southwestern Baltimore County -- by announcing his support for pTC comprehensive gun-control legislation at a news conference at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia.

Former state Sen. Edward J. Kasemeyer got out of one political race yesterday and into another.Soured in his gubernatorial bid, but still sweet on public service, Mr. Kasemeyer said he hopes to return to the state Senate, this time from District 12.He was elected to the Senate from District 14 in 1986 after serving a term as a General Assembly delegate from the "B" portion of that district."

Former Democratic state Sen. Edward J. Kasemeyer of Ellicott City yesterday confirmed that he may enter the governor's race."Some people in Howard and the surrounding counties have told me they are not content with the announced candidates and have asked me to look at that race," Mr. Kasemeyer said.He said he will make a decision in early March.Friends acknowledge that Mr. Kasemeyer would be a long shot, but do not dismiss his chances. The larger the field, the greater his chance of winning, the theory goes.

According to Little Abner's attackman Steve Marohl, this was rTC the year his team "wanted to gel together and get something going."Yesterday at Johns Hopkins' Homewood field, Little Abner's gelled and then some, using a 7-1 third-quarter run to defeat Westchester, 15-8, for the Central Atlantic Lacrosse League championship.Marohl, one of 16 former UMBC players on Little Abner's, scored two goals and had three assists en route to earning the game's Most Valuable Player Award. Mark Malczewski (UMBC)