Ron Paul's organizers in Maryland released the names of their congressional candidates and the district delegates last night. Supporters of Paul's presidential candidacy are standing for the Republican nominations to Congress in all six Democratic-held districts, and none in the two held by Republicans.

Dr. Melissa Deckman, a political science professor at Washington College, said Paul's candidacy has become "a protest movement" appealing to "those who believe the national GOP has gotten away from its core principles of low taxes and a limited role for the federal government," and in that sense, the Paul congressional candidates "are part of this larger movement to shape their party - not to win elections."

"If they can go to the convention, they have more say in shaping the platform, but they are still really a minority presence," Deckman said.

District 1

DELEGATES
Ingrid Dean
Brett Peterson
Harold Poole

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Mary Amlong
Ryan Hohman
Jim Voris

District 2

CONGRESS
Rich Matthews

DELEGATES
Mark Bell
Rich Matthews
George Umbarger

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Kenneth Gostomski
Ed Jones
Brian Myers, Sr.

District 3

CONGRESS
Chris Panasuk

DELEGATES
Christian Conti-Vock
Chris Panasuk
Bruce Voris

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Sean Davidson
Randall Gearhart
Kristin Miller

District 4

CONGRESS
Peter James

DELEGATES
Peter James
Andrew Panken
Jacob Schans

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Don Hautsch
Matthew Hogan
Jill Mann

District 5

CONGRESS
Collins Bailey

DELEGATES
Collins Bailey
Steve Krukar
Gary Rumsey

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Cynthia Jones
Eric Peddicord
Liz Reitzig

District 6

DELEGATES
Glen Litsinger
Kelley McIver
Allen Twigg

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Paul Buede
Tiffane Coe
Linda Parker

District 7

CONGRESS
Mike Hargadon

DELEGATES
Patrick Citroni
Gerson Kaplan
Donna Martini

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
John Davidson
Mike Hargadon
Joseph Healy

District 8

CONGRESS
Jay Roberts

DELEGATES
Daniel Greenstein
Vicki Hoffmann
James Persinger

ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Tassi McKee
Jeannine Roney
Matthew Roney