BALTIMORE – A. Robert Kaufman, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, was in serious but stable condition Tuesday after being stabbed several times in the upper body during an attack at his west Baltimore home.
Kaufman was rushed in critical condition to the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland after the 4 p.m. attack Monday, police said. Investigators believe the stabbing stemmed from a landlord-tenant dispute. Kaufman rents out several rooms in his home and owns a few nearby buildings with tenants, said Michael Melick, a member of the City Wide Coalition, Kaufman’s activist organization.
“We don’t have any suspects in custody, but we do have good leads,” police spokesman Troy Harris said.
Kaufman, 74, is a social activist and perennial candidate who has run previously for Congress, governor and mayor of Baltimore. He is one of three declared candidates in the Democratic primary for the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, who is retiring. U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin and former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume also are running.
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Jeez, and I thought Howard Dean was getting rough. Oh Maryland, my Maryland...., sigh!
Hat Tip to Baltimore Reporter.
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