A CECIL TIMES Special Report A recent political “robocall,” purporting to be a poll of voter sentiment in the 2020 Cecil County Executive race, pushed negative messages about the incumbent in an apparent effort to influence listeners’ votes and potentially float trial balloons for further negative messages. But the call could run afoul of...
Read more »
Tags: Alan McCarthy, Bill Coutz, Board of Elections, campaign contributions, campaign finance, cecil county, Cecil County Executive, Cecil Times, county executive, Dan Schneckenburger, election, Elkton, Goucher College, Goucher Poll, Jared DeMarinis, law, Mileah Kromer, Politics, polls, push poll, robocall, Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center
Posted in Alan McCarthy, andy harris, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elections, Elkton, politics, Politics, real estate, Republicans, Uncategorized | No Comments »
In the first four days of early voting for the November general election, statewide turnout surged over the last mid-term national election four years ago, while in Cecil County, where few local races are contested on the ballot, early turnout was sluggish. But if the local-only contests drew yawns, and the top-of-the-tickets gubernatorial race...
Read more »
Tags: ads, andy harris, ballot, Board of Elections, cecil county, Congress, County Council, Democrat, District 1, early voting, Eastern Shore, election, First District, GOP, governor, governor hogan, House, independent, jesse colvin, Larry Hogan, Politics, polls, Republican, social media, television, TV, unaffiliated, voter turnout, voters
Posted in andy harris, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, census, Democrats, education, Elections, Elkton, governor, politics, Republicans, Uncategorized | No Comments »
NEWS ANALYSIS Jesse Colvin, a former US Army Ranger and the Democratic challenger in the Dist. 1 race for the US House, was polite and respectful, even as he delivered political body blows to his Republican opponent, incumbent Rep. Andy Harris during a candidates’ forum on a CECIL.TV delayed broadcast on the Internet. For...
Read more »
Tags: ACA, Affordable Care act, andy harris, campaign contributions, campaign finance, cecil county, Cecil Times, Cecil.tv, Congress, conowingo dam, Democrat, District 1, doug donley, election, Exelon, First District, Health, healthcare, House, internet, jesse colvin, PAC, Political Action Committee, Politics, Republican, Steny Hoyer
Posted in andy harris, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Democrats, Elections, Elkton, Health, politics, Republicans, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
NEWS ANALYSIS Which came first: the chicken or the executive order? After months of loud citizens versus farmers feuding over the future of large chicken farms in Cecil County with no clear resolution in sight, there are now some menu alternatives on the county government’s plate: a largely symbolic “executive order” proposed by County...
Read more »
Tags: Alan McCarthy, buffer, calvert, calvert alliance, cecil county, Cecil Times, chicken, councilor, County Council, county executive, delmarva poultry, dpi, farm, George Patchell, Joyce Bowlsbey, Maryland Association of Counties, perdue, poultry, setback, zoning
Posted in andy harris, Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Health, politics, real estate, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
William C. Manlove narrowly retained his seat on the Cecil County Board of Education, according to final vote counts, and he slightly widened his election night winning margin over challenger Kevin Emmerich. Although the contest was officially non-partisan, the closeness of the race indicated there was spillover from the national political climate. Manlove, a...
Read more »
Tags: "board of education", absentee vote, Alan McCarthy, andy harris, Barbara Mikulski, Bill Manlove, cecil county, Chris Van Hollen, county executive, Democrat, Donald Trump, earleville, election, House, Kevin Emmerich, primary, Republican, Republican Central Committee, Republican Study Committee, Ron Lobos, senate, Sr., vote, Wayne Tome, William Manlove
Posted in andy harris, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Democrats, Elections, Obama, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
