News Analysis Gov. Martin O’Malley usually doesn’t come across as a man of few words on any topic, but when he is just carrying out a pro-forma requirement, he can be quite succinct. So it took just two short paragraphs for the governor to announce this week that he has formally appointed Steve Arentz,...
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Steve Arentz, president of the Queen Anne’s County Board of Commissioners, has won the endorsement of Republican party committees in three of the four counties of the 36th District to fill a vacant state Delegate seat. As a result, his appointment is all but assured under the state Constitution, even before Cecil County Republicans...
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“Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map…” (With apologies to ‘Fiddler on the Roof’) Caroline County residents thought they had a golden opportunity to have their own “resident” Delegate in the General Assembly, after a nearly 20-year hiatus, with revised district line maps that expand the county’s voting share in the four-county 36th legislative district....
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Governor Martin O’Malley announced Wednesday he has appointed Republican Del. Steve Hershey, of Queen Anne’s County, to the state Senate– rejecting Cecil County Del. Michael Smigiel’s bid to fill the seat vacated by his former political ally and mentor E.J. Pipkin. As a result, there will be a new process to fill Hershey’s Delegate...
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A majority of the Queen Anne’s County Republican Central Committee voted Tuesday night to endorse Del. Michael Smigiel for the vacant Dist. 36 state Senate seat, creating a tie between Smigiel and Del. Steve Hershey among the four counties in the district. Hershey has won the endorsements of the Kent and Caroline counties’ local...
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