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		<title>Harris Defeats Colvin for Dist. 1 US House Seat; GOP Incumbent Battled Young Veteran, Democrat</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/11/harris-wins-over-colvin-for-us-house-seat-in-district-1-gop-incumbent-battled-young-veteran-democrat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 04:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andy Harris, the incumbent Republican for Maryland’s First District US House seat, won a bitterly contested fight against Jesse Colvin, a Democrat and first-time political candidate, as the overwhelmingly Republican district held to its majority party roots amid signs of discontent and an erosion of Harris support in some key areas. The District, which covers all of the Eastern Shore, including Cecil County, and parts of three counties on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay, is the most heavily Republican in the state by voter registration but Colvin had pinned his hopes on independents and cross-over voters. But Harris carried the district with 60.5 percent of the vote, while Colvin received 37.6 percent. A Libertarian candidate, Jenica Martin, received 1.9 percent of the vote. In Cecil County, the county’s GOP majority held sway, with Harris winning 61 percent of the local vote to Colvin’s 36.7 percent. Martin received 2.3 percent. But another GOP majority county, Talbot, switched course in the election, giving a 50.7 percent majority to Colvin and 47.8 percent to Harris. Easton was a hotbed of pro-Colvin support and activism, as well as the site of the only live, public debate between the two candidates during the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Upper Shore Senate: Sossi, Hershey File in Dist 36 GOP Race as $ Shows Local Support for Sossi, Hershey Fueled by Loans and PACs (and Issue Aimed at Smigiel?)</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2014/01/upper-shore-senate-sossi-hershey-file-in-dist-36-gop-race-as-shows-local-support-for-sossi-hershey-fueled-by-loans-and-pacs-and-issue-aimded-at-smigiel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Del. Dick Sossi has filed his candidacy in the Dist. 36 state Senate race against newly appointed Sen. Steve Hershey, setting up a grudge match replay of the 2010 Republican primary for a Delegate seat in which Hershey beat veteran incumbent Sossi by 124 votes after a last-minute negative campaign flyer attack. This time, both candidates are well-funded—although by very different means—and Hershey seems to be taking out an issue insurance policy just in case Del. Michael Smigiel gets into the Senate contest. Sossi, who held a Delegate seat from Queen Anne’s County in the four-county 36th District from 2002 until he lost it in late 2010, has continued to make the rounds of community events and issue meetings in the area for the past several years as a district representative for US Rep. Andy Harris (R-1). He resigned that post in late December and formally filed as a candidate on 1/23/14, although he had made no secret of his plans since last summer and for months has been traveling the district in a brightly decorated van that proclaims “Sossi for Senate.” Hershey was appointed by Governor Martin O’Malley to fill the vacant Senate seat in the district after [&#8230;]]]></description>
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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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