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		<title>Upper Shore Senate Seat Selection Process Presses On; Smigiel Allies Blast Scott</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process to fill the state Senate seat vacated recently by E.J. Pipkin has turned into an increasingly bitter brawl, with pressure on local Republican Central Committees in the four-county District to unify behind one candidate to prevent Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley from making the final selection from a splintered GOP list. Former state Republican Party chair Audrey Scott won the endorsement of the Queen Anne’s County GOP committee on Tuesday, while Del. Michael Smigiel predictably won the Cecil County committee’s support on an 8-1 vote Wednesday. Kent County backed Scott on an unofficial caucus tally. And Caroline County officials said Thursday they were in no hurry to reach a decision. However, the committees must act to submit their choices to the governor by September 10. Rob Willoughby, chairman of the Caroline County committee, told Cecil Times Thursday that his nine-member panel has begun to review applications from the 14 candidates seeking the seat but had no set schedule for action. He said that if members wanted to interview candidates, the panel would do so but no decision had yet been made. “A vote needs to be informed,” he said, and “we’re looking at every candidate.” Under the state Constitution, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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