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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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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Cecil County Council Dist. 5: Hodge, Crouse Offer Polite, Subtle Differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two contenders in November’s election for the District 5 Cecil County Council seat agreed on many issues in a candidates’ forum, especially ending the political bloodbaths that have marked the county commissioners’ governing of the county for more than a year. But they offered some subtle, yet significant, differences on how they would bring infrastructure to the growth corridor, handle animal control, and bring jobs to the county. Incumbent County Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) and Democratic challenger James Crouse, the former mayor of Elkton, spoke before an audience of about 100 people Thursday night in a candidates’ forum sponsored by the Cecil County Patriots, the local “tea party” group. Hodge has been a frequent opponent of the so-called “Three Amigos” majority faction of the current five-member commissioners board, which will be replaced by a five-member County Council and a County Executive under the new charter form of government that takes effect in December. Hodge admitted he was “depressed” by some of the actions taken by the current majority, but said he was “not going to give up” and his work for the past four years “in the trenches” of county government proved he had “the right stuff and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Council Dist. 5: Hodge Overpowers K. Moore in GOP Primary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(UPDATED 10:58 pm) Incumbent County Commissioner Robert Hodge overpowered a political neophyte challenger&#8211; backed by Sen. E.J. Pipkin&#8211; to hold on to his District 5 seat in the Republican primary. With 20 precincts reporting, Hodge tallied 63 percent of the vote to 37 percent for Keith Moore. During primary election voting on Tuesday, turnout at the polls was reported “very low” all day, county election officials said. It almost wasn’t a contest in the Republican primary for the new County Council seat in District 5—until a half hour before the filing deadline, when political newcomer Keith Moore suddenly registered as a Republican for the first time and filed to challenge Hodge. Since then, the contest, such as it was, between the two candidates has been overshadowed by a series of negative and distorted robocalls and mailings, paid for by state Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36), attacking Hodge and fellow Commissioner Tari Moore (R-2). (Tari Moore is running for County Executive in the GOP primary.) Hodge, a businessman with degrees from Penn State, won a narrow election victory to his seat four years ago. Since then, he has been a strong pro-business voice on the Commissioners board and often a stickler for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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