By Lou Peck Contributing Editor, Cecil Times/CongressDaily As the hotly contested rematch between Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil and Republican challenger Andy Harris enters the homestretch, total spending by candidates and outside groups has passed the $7.5 million mark and is still climbing– guaranteeing it will be among the most expensive congressional contests in Maryland...
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State Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36) berated the Cecil County Board of Commissioners and county staff Tuesday morning over what he called misuse of “county assets”—an email account—to promote a bus tour organized by a volunteer with a citizen’s group favoring adoption of a charter government referendum question on the November ballot. But county officials...
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The Cecil County Chamber of Commerce hosted a softball candidates’ forum Tuesday night, with candidates for County Commissioner getting a chance to pitch their biographies and platforms without questions on issues. If pictures are worth a thousand words (or the four minutes of talk alloted to each speaker), then incumbent Commissioner Brian Lockhart (D-3)...
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Former Schools Superintendent Carl Roberts apparently upset incumbent County Commissioner Wayne Tome Tuesday in the Democratic primary for the District 4 Commissioner’s seat, after a well-financed campaign that contrasted Roberts’ dire predictions of fiscal and policy crisis against Tome’s contention that the county was on the right course. With all 19 precincts and early voting...
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The Democratic primary for the 4th District county Commissioner’s seat is shaping up as one of the more expensive local campaigns of the year, with challenger Carl Roberts spending more than twice the campaign money of his opponent, incumbent Wayne Tome. Roberts, the former superintendent of Cecil County schools, is trying to...
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