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		<title>36th Dist. Delegates: Smigiel (R) Defeats Manlove (D)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County incumbent Del. Michael Smigiel (R) defeated former Cecil County Commissioner Bill Manlove (D) in the multi-county district with a commanding victory in Queen Anne&#8217;s County and wins in the other counties of the district, including Cecil County. In the other two seats at stake in the 36th District, Republicans swept to victory as well for seats representing Kent and Queen Anne&#8217;s counties. [UPDATED with 1:37 am state elections board updated report:] Districtwide, Smigiel tallied 25,026 votes to Manlove&#8217;s 16,352 votes&#8211; a 60.4 percent victory to 39.5 percent. In heavily Republican Queen Anne&#8217;s County, final vote counts (except for absentee and provisional ballots that will be counted later) Smigiel registered 11,510 votes, to Manlove&#8217;s 5,341 votes. In Cecil County, Smigiel compiled 7,297 votes to 6,526 for Manlove&#8211; 52.7 percent to 47.1 percent. In Caroline County, Smigiel tallied 2,437 to Manlove&#8217;s 1,410 votes with all precincts reporting, local election officials told Cecil Times. In Democratic-leaning Kent County, Smigiel received 3,782 votes to Manlove&#8217;s 3,075, with all precincts in. The arcane voting system for the 36th District sets up contests for delegates residing in Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne’s counties, but residents of all three counties, plus part of Caroline County, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>36th Dist. Candidates&#8217; Forum: Polite Politics in Chestertown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it was the location in historic Chestertown, the home of Washington College and a tradition of political civility, that led to a particularly polite candidates’ forum Tuesday night among candidates for state Delegate and Senator in the 36th district. An earlier forum in Cecil County with many of the same candidates had lots more fireworks. There were a few moments of spirited ripostes toward the end of the program, when Democrat William Manlove, running for the 36th District seat currently held by Republican Michael Smigiel, cited the attack ads against Republican Del. Richard Sossi of Queen Anne’s County, who narrowly lost the GOP primary to Stephen S. Hershey. (Hershey, who is now unopposed in the general election, did not attend the forum that was sponsored by the Kent County League of Women Voters.) “It has disturbed many people,” Manlove said of the tactics used against Sossi. Smigiel and incumbent Sen. E.J. Pipkin campaigned as a team with Hershey and Pipkin paid for a flyer endorsing Hershey. Manlove pointed out that Smigiel was rejected by a majority of voters in Kent and Cecil counties in the last election and only won due to support from a “coalition of Del. Sossi’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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