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CONGRESSIONAL RACE
Wynn Gets Backing of 2 Teachers Associations
U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D-Md.) announced yesterday that he has been endorsed for a ninth term by the National Education Association's Fund for Children and Public Education and the Maryland State Teachers Association's Fund for Children and Public Education.
The endorsement means that the nation's largest teachers group will recommend that its members vote for Wynn in the Democratic primary Feb. 12 and, if he wins the nomination, in the general election in November.
"Congressman Wynn has shown political courage in raising major concerns about the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Law," Clara Floyd, president of the Maryland State Teachers Association, said in a statement. "If we want to make sure that every child has access to great public schools, then Congress must provide the flexibility and resources needed to make that happen."
Wynn faces a tough challenge from four candidates for the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 4th Congressional District, which encompasses most of Prince George's County and part of Montgomery County. They include lawyer Donna F. Edward, who came within three percentage points of defeating Wynn in 2006.
-- Rosalind S. Helderman
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
Man Reported Hit by Car Had Been Shot
Prince George's County police were called last night to the scene of an apparent fatal pedestrian accident but found that the victim had been shot, officials said.
Officers found the unidentified man in the street in the 2400 block of Tucker Road after receiving a 911 call saying that he had been struck about 9 p.m. by a burgundy-colored car, said Cpl. Clinton Copeland, a police spokesman. Investigators found that the man, who was dead, had been shot in the chest, he said.
Police said the car might have struck the man after he was shot.
