Van Hollen captures Barbara Mikulski's Senate seat

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Talk about having tough shoes to fill. U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Montgomery County Democrat, handily defeated Republican Kathy Szeliga with about 61 percent of the vote in a race to take over U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s seat. Now comes the hard part. He has to replace Mikulski, a Baltimore native who was one of the city’s biggest advocates, when she retires after 30 years on the job. Van Hollen’s soon-to-be Senate colleague isn’t worried. “We’re going to miss Barbara Mikulski, but Chris Van…