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		<title>Cecil County Politics: A Tale of Two Dawsons &#8212; Same Name, Different Politics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s in a name? In Cecil County—and especially in Perryville—there has been a lot of confusion over the two Mike Dawsons. But one of them recently filed election documents intended to make his identity clear to local voters. Michael W. Dawson (MWD) was the Constitution Party candidate last year for state Delegate in District 34B who ended up holding the balance of power in that three-way race, which ultimately led to the tiny re-election victory of incumbent Del. David Rudolph (D). The Republican candidate in that contest, Ted Patterson, was a member of the Smipkin “slate” of candidates supported by donations and organizational muscle orchestrated by state Del. Michael Smigiel and Sen. E.J. Pipkin, both R-36th Dist. Another member of the Smipkin organization, Michael A. Dawson (MAD) &#8212; or “Mad Mike” as some Perryville residents have dubbed him— made an unsuccessful GOP primary run for county Commissioner last year, got elected to the GOP Central Committee as part of the Smipkin slate, went to work as an aide to Smigiel, and then got elected to the Perryville town board earlier this year by one vote. Postings on Facebook and other online outposts showed that many voters confused the Smipkin “MAD [&#8230;]]]></description>
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