Del. Neil Parrott takes on Rep. Trone — and his $13 million war chest

There was something a little poetic in the backdrop of Del. Neil C. Parrott’s rollicking campaign rally with Republicans’ hype man of the moment, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), in Frederick, Md., on Saturday afternoon. The rally was held at Roscoe Bartlett’s farm — home of the last Republican congressman to represent western Maryland before state Democrats drew him off a gerrymandered map in 2011.