CENTREVILLE– Candidates for the three state Delegate seats and lone state Senate seat at stake in this year’s elections fielded questions from the audience here Tuesday night at a League of Women Voters forum, with the surprise of the evening the strong performance by Steven Mumford, a first-time candidate from Chestertown seeking the Democratic nomination...
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Tags: 36th District, Bill Manlove, candidates, delegate, E.J. Pipkin, election, Kent County, League of Women Voters, Michael Smigiel, Politics, Queen Anne's County, Richard Sossi, Robert Alt, senator, Stephen Hershey, Steven Mumford, William Manlove
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The first local candidates’ forum this week highlighted several hot-button Cecil County issues, and personalities, but the 100 or so people who attended the “Cecil County Patriots” forum for Republican county commissioner candidates heard some thoughtful observations, politely expressed, as well as the (we admit it) headline-grabbing political outburst by one candidate. As...
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A Republican political newcomer lashed out at State Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36) and Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36) Monday night, telling a candidates’ forum sponsored by the local “tea party” group that the duo was trying to stage a take-over of county politics and government and “They will destroy this county.” The sharp...
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Tags: "Chris Zeauskas", candidates, Cecil County Patriots, Cecil County Republican Central Committee, Diana Broomell, election, Harry Hepbron, Michael Dawson, Michael Dunn, Politics, Tea Party, Ted Kolodzey, Young Republicans
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What is rapidly becoming our favorite local soap opera, “As the Republican Central Committee Contest Turns, ” unveiled a new installment online, with the Facebook announcement of a unified “ticket” led by Young Republicans (AKA “Republicans of Cecil,” AKA the Smigiel-Pipkin team) seeking to take over the nine seats on the GOP Central Committee...
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Tags: campaign finance, cecil county, commissioner, commissioners, county commissioner, delegate, E.J. Pipkin, election, Elections, james mullin, jim mullin, Michael Smigiel, Mike Dawson, news, Politics, Republican, Republican Central Committee
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Queen Anne’s County Democrats have taken a pass on fielding a candidate for that county’s resident Delegate in the 36th District but incumbent Republican Richard Sossi got a last-minute challenge from an unexpected source: the former campaign treasurer for fellow 36th District Republican Sen. E.J. Pipkin’s failed race for Congress two years ago....
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