(UPDATED 10:59 pm) Dr. Alan McCarthy, a Chesapeake City veterinarian and businessman, overpowered incumbent County Commissioner James Mullin in the Dist. 1 County Council race, in a test of county business leaders versus the political group led by Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36). McCarthy trounced Mullin, 62-37 percent, with 20 precincts reporting. Overall voter turnout...
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(UPDATED 10:58 pm) Incumbent County Commissioner Robert Hodge overpowered a political neophyte challenger– backed by Sen. E.J. Pipkin– to hold on to his District 5 seat in the Republican primary. With 20 precincts reporting, Hodge tallied 63 percent of the vote to 37 percent for Keith Moore. During primary election voting on Tuesday, turnout...
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(UPDATED 11:23 pm) Pam Howard, the former Cecil County Treasurer, soundly defeated her chief rival, North East Mayor Robert McKnight, for the Democratic nomination for the county’s first County Executive. With 20 precincts reporting, Howard had 54.9 percent of the vote to McKnight’s 37.1 percent. She will face County Commissioner Tari Moore, victor in...
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Cecil County voters went to the polls Tuesday in Democratic and Republican primary elections to select nominees for the county’s first-ever County Executive and two members of the new County Council in Districts 1 and 5. But turnout was described as “very low” by local election officials as of 3 p.m. Turnout was reported...
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Commentary and Analysis At “Cecil Night” in Annapolis a few months ago. Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36) tried to convince some local business leaders that there really wasn’t a “Smipkin” political machine, led by him and Del. Michael Smigiel, and that they really had no interest in controlling Cecil County government. If only that were...
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