As Democrats in Maryland tell it, the state's key Senate race isn't about any particular person -- even the candidates themselves.

Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks is leading former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, her Republican opponent, by double digits in a new poll in the state’s hotly contested Senate race. The

Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks is leading Republican rival Larry Hogan by a significant margin in the Maryland senate race, according to the latest poll.

New polling from The Washington Post and the University of Maryland suggests Angela Alsobrooks is pulling ahead of Larry Hogan in the race for Senate. However, pollsters said Hogan could still make up ground before Election Day.

Battling spitting rain and overcast skies, supporters of Maryland’s top U.S. Senate contenders showed up in droves Wednesday on the Eastern Shore to boost their preferred candidates in the final six-week stretch before Election Day.