Ehrlich loses ground in county

Democrat Martin O'Malley is showing significant gains in a county that helped catapult Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. into office four years ago, according to a Capital-Gazette Newspapers poll.

A survey of likely voters in Anne Arundel County conducted last weekend shows Mr. Ehrlich with 48 percent of the vote, compared with Mr. O'Malley's 36 percent and 13 percent undecided.

Four years ago, Mr. Ehrlich won the county by 30 points.

Steve Raabe of OpinionWorks, the Annapolis-based firm that conducted the poll, said the results indicate "trouble" for the governor statewide with waning support in a "bedrock"...