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		<title>Baynes (R) Named to Circuit Court; 2012 Election Contest Expected</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Baynes, a longtime Elkton lawyer and local government attorney, has been appointed to the Cecil County Circuit Court by Gov. Martin O’Malley—setting up what will likely be a contested judicial election race in 2012. Baynes was named to the Circuit Court seat made vacant by the death of Judge Richard Eli Jackson. The appointment requires Baynes to stand for election to the judgeship in the 2012 general election. It is likely that it will be a contested election, with state Delegate Michael Smigiel (R-36), among others, widely expected to pose a challenge for a court seat. Unclear is whether yet another vacant Circuit Court seat—due to the mandatory retirement of Judge Robert Lidums in October, 2010—will be filled by a gubernatorial appointment before the 2012 election. There are two vetted candidates nominated by an independent panel for that remaining court slot but the governor is under no mandatory timetable to fill the position. And a spokeswoman for the Governor said there is no requirement to expand that list of potential nominees beyond the two current names—Jane Murray, a Democrat and currently a court Master, and E.D. “Ellis” Rollins III, the recently elected State’s Attorney who is a Republican. But [&#8230;]]]></description>
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