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		<title>Party (Line) Time in Cecil Voting, Except for Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The unofficial returns for Cecil County in the Tuesday election show some interesting patterns in party-line voting from the top to bottom of the ballot, with the exception of the too-close-to-call 1st District race for Congress between Democrat Frank Kratovil and Republican Andy Harris.  Countywide, Republican presidential candidate John McCain carried Cecil with 56.41percent of the vote to Democratic President-to-be Barack Obama&#8217;s 41.28 percent. Independent Ralph Nader won 1 percent of Cecil&#8217;s vote.  McCain carried all but 4 of Cecil&#8217;s 19 election precincts.  Kratovil won 18,643 votes to Harris&#8217; 17,992, giving Kratovil 49.2 percent of Cecil County votes to Harris&#8217; 47.5 percent. Kratovil had a majority in all but 8 of the county&#8217;s 19 election precincts, with Harris&#8217; support concentrated in the western areas of the county. Kratovil also carried every county on the Maryland Eastern Shore, while Harris carried the Western Shore areas of Harford, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties included in the district. The state election board reported Kratovil ahead by just 916 votes district-wide, so the contest won&#8217;t be decided until absentee and overseas ballots are counted.    Locally, the 5th District County Commissioner race put Republican Robert Hodge ahead by just 328 votes over Democrat Sharon Weygand, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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