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		<title>Dist. 36 Delegates: Cecil GOP Voters Oust Smigiel; Caroline County&#8217;s Ghrist Plays 4-County Jumpshot to Top Incumbent</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2014/06/dist-36-delegates-gop-voters-oust-smigiel-caroline-countys-ghrist-plays-4-county-jumpshot-to-top-cecil-county-incumbent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Republican Michael Smigiel apparently lost his bid for re-election Tuesday in a redrawn District 36 House of Delegates contest, losing in his home county as well as falling short throughout the four-county district to Caroline County opponent Jeff Ghrist in the Republican primary election. It was the first time in nearly 20 years that Caroline County had a viable shot at obtaining a seat in the House of Delegates under the redistricting following the 2010 census. And Ghrist, a Caroline County commissioner, waged a focused campaign that included his local supporters voting only for his candidacy and leaving ballots blank for the other two seats in the district&#8211; as a way to boost his overall vote tally and tamp down the numbers of other contenders in the district. [SEE previous Cecil Times report on the complex political basketball strategy involved in the District 36 campaign that gave Cecil County voters a second shot at the free-throw line to replace Smigiel: https://ceciltimes.com/2014/06/state-delegate-dist-36-race-three-hoops-four-basketballs-and-a-caroline-county-jumpshot/ ] Ghrist also campaigned in Cecil County, where he had a visible sign presence in several towns and along major highways. That strategy paid off, as Ghrist pulled in 4,235 votes, or 16.9 percent of the districtwide [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State Delegate Dist. 36 Race: Three Hoops, Four Basketballs and a Caroline County Jumpshot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY The 36th District, covering four counties on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore, is like no other legislative district in the state and this year the contests for state Delegates are the political equivalent of “March Madness” in college basketball. But in the Republican primary’s “June madness,” an underdog player from Caroline County will get three shots at the free-throw line to try to claim one of the delegate seats. Every state legislative district has a senator and three delegates. But the 36th is the only district in the state where candidates from four counties—Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Caroline—have to contend for just three Delegate seats. The three seats currently have a designated “resident delegate” for Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne’s—while Caroline is the only county in the entire state with no resident delegate. Caroline County last had a resident delegate about 20 years ago. Under various redistricting maps in the interim, Caroline County has been sliced into two state districts, diluting the voting power of its smaller population even more. But the redistricting after the 2010 census, while still dividing the county into two districts, suddenly gave Caroline County residents a much better shot—but still a longshot&#8211; at getting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Pipkin Fills Smigiel Political Stocking with $6K; Coal for Jacobs, Hershey, Arentz in 36th District</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was two days after Christmas, 2013 and all through the Upper Shore, Republican politicos had visions of sugar-daddy plums coming down the chimney with ex-Sen. E.J. Pipkin, who resigned from his seat and moved to Texas—leaving behind a hefty goody sack filled with political cash. In a newly filed campaign finance report, Pipkin reported that he recently distributed virtually all of his remaining campaign funds to various political committees and one candidate in particular: his longtime ally and underling, Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36). Smigiel—half of the “Smipkin” political organization moniker with Pipkin that ruled Cecil County GOP politics for several years until Pipkin’s resignation—was gifted with $6,000 given to his campaign committee on 12/27/13, according to Pipkin’s filings with the state Board of Elections. (The state elections board reported that Smigiel had not filed his required annual report by the 1/15/14 deadline and had already been assessed a late fee.) At the time of his resignation, Pipkin served as the Republican Minority Leader in the state Senate, and many of his colleagues were both shocked and miffed with his sudden departure. Pipkin apparently sought to mollify his old colleagues with a $5,355 donation to the “Republican Senatorial Slate Committee,” [&#8230;]]]></description>
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