I went to elementary school in Baltimore. It was a new school and we studied hard, but that was the '50s. I like Baltimore, but anyway...
Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi, now from California, is from Baltimore. She learned politics at her daddy's knee.
Her father was Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., a congressman and mayor of Baltimore. Her brother was mayor of Baltimore from '67 to '71.
All Democrats.
Then we moved to the D.C. burbs - Montgomery County. More Dem liberals.
Remember Spiro Agnew, Nixon's VP? He was another mayor of Baltimore, but he was a Republican. There's just something about Maryland politicians. Probably something to do with the old steel mill and dockworker unions in Baltimore.