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		<title>Cecil County Council: Hodge Gets PAC, Family $; Crouse Taps Dem Old Guard in Dist. 5 Campaign</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incumbent Republican Cecil County Commissioner Robert Hodge drew $3,000 in Political Action Committee (PAC) donations but his family donated the largest lump sums to his campaign while Democratic challenger James Crouse, the former mayor of Elkton, tapped the Old Guard of his party in the race for the new County Council seat in District 5. Both Hodge and Crouse ran relatively low-budget efforts in the primaries, in which Crouse was unopposed for the Democratic nomination while Hodge soundly defeated a political unknown, Keith Moore, who challenged him in the GOP contest. However, Hodge was targeted by an attack campaign of robocalls and negative mailers financed and organized by the Smipkin political machine led by Sen. E.J. Pipkin and Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36.) Going into the primary season, Hodge had raised a total of just $1,905 but an influx of money later in the game has boosted Hodge’s total donations to $26,720. In contrast, Crouse filed an affidavit for his primary campaign, stating he did not intend to raise or spend over $1,000. For the general election, his finance report shows that, through 10/21/12, Crouse had raised a total of $8,566. For Crouse, most of his donations came from well-known Democratic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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