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		<title>Del. Rudolph Swims Against GOP Tide; Sen. Jacobs Re-elected</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incumbent Democrat David Rudolph swam against the Republican tide in Tuesday’s election, narrowly winning re-election in the only state delegate district solely within Cecil County. Rudolph won 6,782 votes, or 48.46 percent of the total, in District 34B. His chief rival, Republican Theodore Patterson, received 6,461 votes, or 46.1 percent. A third party candidate, Michael W. Dawson, who ran on the Constitution Party ticket, received 749 votes, or 5.35 percent. Dawson’s third party candidacy may have saved the seat for Rudolph, drawing conservative votes away from Patterson. (Michael W. Dawson is not the same person as the Mike Dawson who ran unsuccessfully in the GOP primary for a county commissioner’s seat.) Patterson is a leader of the county’s Young Republicans Club and a charter member of the slate of candidates backed by Del. Michael Smigiel and Sen. E.J. Pipkin (both R-36th District.) Patterson did not attend candidates’ forums, unlike Rudolph and Dawson, during the campaign. Rudolph’s district covers the central and western portions of Cecil County, while Smigiel’s adjoining district covers much of Elkton and all of the southern Cecil County area—along with all of Kent and Queen Anne’s counties and part of Caroline county. During his nearly 16 years [&#8230;]]]></description>
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