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		<title>Michael W. Dawson Files for Cecil County Council in Dist. 4- Broomell Seat- in &#8217;14 Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael W. Dawson, a longtime Perryville resident and former candidate for a state delegate’s seat, has filed as a Republican candidate for the Cecil County Council in District 4 for the 2014 election—looking to replace the controversial incumbent, Councilor Diana Broomell (R). Michael W. Dawson (MWD) – NOT to be confused with another local political figure, Michael A. Dawson, known locally as MAD Mike (MAD)—ran as a Constitution Party candidate in 2010 for the delegate seat held by longtime incumbent David Rudolph, a Democrat. MWD Dawson held the balance of power in that three-way general election contest, winning some 750 votes that ended up tipping the election to Rudolph in a close race against Republican and “Campaign for Liberty” candidate Ted Patterson. [SEE Cecil Times election report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2010/11/rudolph-swims-against-gop-tide-in-delegate-win-sen-jacobs-re-elected/ ] “I’m concerned that, as a county, we are wasting precious time,” Dawson said in explaining his reasons for running for the County Council. Since the recent transition to Charter government, he said, County Executive Tari Moore has shown leadership but the County Council has been mired in internal bickering. “I’m a roots and wings type of leader,” Dawson said in an interview with Cecil Times, explaining that his approach would [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Politics: A Tale of Two Dawsons &#8212; Same Name, Different Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s in a name? In Cecil County—and especially in Perryville—there has been a lot of confusion over the two Mike Dawsons. But one of them recently filed election documents intended to make his identity clear to local voters. Michael W. Dawson (MWD) was the Constitution Party candidate last year for state Delegate in District 34B who ended up holding the balance of power in that three-way race, which ultimately led to the tiny re-election victory of incumbent Del. David Rudolph (D). The Republican candidate in that contest, Ted Patterson, was a member of the Smipkin “slate” of candidates supported by donations and organizational muscle orchestrated by state Del. Michael Smigiel and Sen. E.J. Pipkin, both R-36th Dist. Another member of the Smipkin organization, Michael A. Dawson (MAD) &#8212; or “Mad Mike” as some Perryville residents have dubbed him— made an unsuccessful GOP primary run for county Commissioner last year, got elected to the GOP Central Committee as part of the Smipkin slate, went to work as an aide to Smigiel, and then got elected to the Perryville town board earlier this year by one vote. Postings on Facebook and other online outposts showed that many voters confused the Smipkin “MAD [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Del. Rudolph Swims Against GOP Tide; Sen. Jacobs Re-elected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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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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