 Despite the odds he faced in the general election , Tufaro promised to campaign against O 'Malley , not taking defeat as an inevitability . He pointed to Bret Schundler , the mayor of Jersey City , New Jersey , as evidence that a Republican could be elected in a heavily Democratic city . Schundler came to Baltimore to campaign for Tufaro . 
 Despite the odds he faced in the general election , Tufaro promised to campaign against O 'Malley , not taking <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>defeat</mark></a> as <a href='None' title='2'><mark>an</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>inevitability</mark></a> . He pointed to Bret Schundler , the mayor of Jersey City , New Jersey , as evidence that a Republican could be elected in a heavily Democratic city . Schundler came to Baltimore to campaign for Tufaro . 
Despite the odds he faced in da general election , Tufaro promised to campaign against O 'Malley , not taking no defeat as no inevitability . He pointed to Bret Schundler , the mayor of Jersey City , New Jersey , as evidence that a Republican could b elected in a heavily Democratic city . Schundler came to Baltimore to campaign fir Tufaro .