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ANNAPOLIS -- Call it a Wynn-win situation.Sen. Albert R. Wynn not only picked up the Democratic nomination in the 4th Congressional District -- he also won the chance to be reunited with his best legislative buddy.Del. Thomas H. Hattery, the Mount Airy Democrat who scored a stunning upset in the 6th District by trouncing seven-term incumbent Rep. Beverly B. Byron Tuesday night, started in the House of Delegates with Mr. Wynn 10 years ago.The two sat side by side on the Ways and Means Committee, the beginning of a fast friendship that continued even after Mr. Wynn, a Prince George's Democrat, moved to the Senate in 1987.

Democratic activist Donna Edwards defeated longtime incumbent Rep. Albert R. Wynn, and state Sen. Andy Harris upset Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, in a pair of fiercely contested races that drew national attention. Edwards, running a populist, anti-war campaign that drew support from national liberal groups, capitalized on a surge of voter turnout in the 4th District to unseat the Prince George's congressman, whom she accused of being too moderate for his district. The race was a rematch of the 2006 primary election, when Wynn held on to his seat by a few thousand votes.

WASHINGTON -- When he decided to leave Congress before the end of his term to join a Washington lobbying giant, Rep. Albert R. Wynn left his constituents with a choice: Pay for a costly special election to fill his seat or go unrepresented in the House for the remainder of the congressional session. The dilemma is rankling even some of his fellow Democrats. "Congressman Wynn's decision makes more financial sense for him than it does for the state," state Sen. Jamie Raskin of Montgomery County, a Democrat whose district overlaps Wynn's, said yesterday.

ANNAPOLIS -- Call it a Wynn-win situation.Sen. Albert R. Wynn not only picked up the Democratic nomination in the 4th Congressional District -- he also won the chance to be reunited with his best legislative buddy.Del. Thomas H. Hattery, the Mount Airy Democrat who scored a stunning upset in the 6th District by trouncing seven-term incumbent Rep. Beverly B. Byron Tuesday night, started in the House of Delegates with Mr. Wynn 10 years ago.The two sat side by side on the Ways and Means Committee, the beginning of a fast friendship that continued even after Mr. Wynn, a Prince George's Democrat, moved to the Senate in 1987.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Albert R. Wynn of Maryland, a veteran Democrat who lost a primary last month, said yesterday that he plans to resign from Congress in June to join a high-profile Washington law firm with an active lobbying practice. Wynn will join the growing number of politicians moving through the revolving door between Congress and lucrative careers influencing the decisions of former colleagues. Wynn, 56, lost his re-election bid to Donna Edwards, a party activist and outspoken critic of the Iraq War. The heavily Democratic district he represents contains portions of Prince George's and Montgomery counties.

LAS VEGAS -- Before setting his sights on winning a medal in the 1984 Olympic Games, Evander Holyfield was earning $4 an hour pumping gas outside Atlanta.In Columbus, Ohio, James "Buster" Douglas received $5.50 an hour cutting rugs for a carpet firm.Tomorrow night, fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world, they will divide $32.1 million, with Douglas, the champion, getting $24,075,000 -- the biggest boxing purse in the history of the sport.The Mirage, headed by Steve Wynn, a relative newcomer to professional boxing, made the record purse bid, with Dan Duva, of New Jersey-based Main Events Inc. as his only competitor.

Gov. Martin O'Malley set a special election date yesterday to fill a vacancy left by the departure of Rep. Albert R. Wynn, who is leaving Congress to join a lobbying firm after eight terms. O'Malley signed emergency legislation that would allow the state to hold the special election and said that he will issue a proclamation setting the date on June 17. Late last month, Wynn announced his departure from office in June, and the General Assembly quickly drafted and passed legislation permitting the state to skip a special primary -- giving the central committees of each party the power to choose nominees.

WASHINGTON - -Former Rep. Albert R. Wynn's first client as a registered lobbyist is a unit of a Finnish company that has been sharply criticized by human-rights advocates for its work in Sudan, according to a recently filed disclosure report. The Maryland Democrat quit his House seat last year, months before his term was up, in order to join a powerful Washington lobbying firm. The early departure gave Wynn a head start on an ethics law that requires members of Congress to wait one full year after leaving office before they begin lobbying their former colleagues.

Sixteen months ago, Prince George's County activist Donna Edwards rode the national wave of anti-war sentiment to come within a few thousand votes of unseating incumbent Rep. Albert R. Wynn in the Democratic primary election. As the two candidates campaign for their rematch next month - when the Democratic primary vote in the liberal district will likely determine the next officeholder - both appear to have strengthened their positions. This time around, Edwards says, voters know who she is before she introduces herself.

LAS VEGAS -- Taking a look around, most guys would be more than a little upset. Particularly guys who had put up $40 million for the simple pleasure of watching two guys whack each other around.Not Steve Wynn, the Mirage Hotel impresario who is making a mighty effort to rid the fight game of its own worst enemy -- scheming fight promoters.From the moment, several months ago, Wynn won the rights to tomorrow night's Buster Douglas-Evander Holyfield fight for $32 million, the out-in-the-cold promoters have been sniping at him.It's a fairly impressive list of adversaries: Don King, Bob Arum and the Duvas.