Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 2008 Maryland Democratic shugaban kasa na farko ya faru a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 2008. An yi wa lakabi da "Potomac Primary" ko "Chesapeake Primary" saboda Gundumar Columbia da Virginia sun gudanar da zaben su a wannan rana (kuma duka uku suna iyaka da Kogin Potomac), jimillar wakilai 70 sun kasance a cikin Maryland. Wanda ya yi nasara a kowane yanki na majalisa takwas na Maryland an ba shi dukkan wakilai na wannan yanki, jimillar 46. An ba da wasu wakilai 24 ga wanda ya lashe jihar, Barack Obama. Wakilan 70 da suka wakilci Maryland a Babban Taron Kasa na Jam'iyyar Democratic
a birnin Denver, Colorado. Wasu wakilai 29 da ba su yi rantsuwa ba, da aka sani da superdelegates, su ma sun halarci taron kuma sun jefa ƙuri'unsu.