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		<title>CECIL COUNTY CHATTER: Smigiel, Pipkin: By the Numbers, Got His Number</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CECIL CHATTER: Smigiel Tries to Skewer Del. Rudolph; Here Comes the Judge? Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36) just couldn’t resist getting in a snipe at Del. David Rudolph (D-34B) even though Smigiel wants to put the House of Delegates behind him and last week officially filed his candidacy for a Circuit Court judgeship in Cecil County. Smigiel filed a proposed redistricting map in September with the Governor’s Advisory Commission that would shift two precincts that voted heavily for Republicans in the last election out of his own 36th District and into the Democrat Rudolph’s district. Rudolph won re-election last year by a tiny margin over Ted Patterson, a Republican who is a central figure on the Smipkin political machine “slate,” and a third-party candidate. The Smigiel proposal would shift Precincts 5-1 and 5-3 from the 36th to 34B. Precinct 5-1 voters cast their ballots at the North East firehouse while 5-3 residents vote at Elk Neck Elementary School. In 2010, 5-1 voters went for Smigiel with 919 votes, to 607 votes for Democratic challenger William Manlove, or a 3-2 margin. The same precinct supported Smigiel’s political ally, Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36) by a 2-1 margin over Democratic challenger Steve Mumford. In [&#8230;]]]></description>
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