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		<title>Early Voting Surges Statewide; Colvin Fires Up TV Ads, Harris Hangs on Hogan Coattails in 1st Dist. Congress Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first four days of early voting for the November general election, statewide turnout surged over the last mid-term national election four years ago, while in Cecil County, where few local races are contested on the ballot, early turnout was sluggish. But if the local-only contests drew yawns, and the top-of-the-tickets gubernatorial race tilts heavily toward incumbent GOP governor Larry Hogan, the most local excitement seems to be coming from the US House race in District 1 between incumbent Republican Andy Harris and Democratic challenger Jesse Colvin. The district covers all of the Eastern Shore, including Cecil, as well as parts of Carroll, Harford and Baltimore counties. In multiple Facebook videos and a Saturday robocall, Harris appeared to be tugging on Hogan’s popular coattails, imploring voters to support the “Hogan/Harris team” and warning of dire consequences if state Republicans lose their party’s lone GOP seat in the congressional delegation. Colvin went on the TV airwaves with a new ad, playing almost non-stop on local news programs’ commercials airtime, firing handguns with his Republican wife at a gun range to highlight his military background and a bipartisan approach to politics. Local early voting began last Thursday and continues through Thursday [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Politics: Early Voting Draws 5.1% of County Voters; Co Exec Race Takes Negative Turn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early voting in Cecil County, a week-long opportunity for local voters to cast ballots in advance of the Tuesday 4/26/16 formal primary election day, drew 5.1 percent of eligible voters to cast ballots, with Republicans casting 469 more ballots than Democrats despite the GOP’s larger voter registration advantage, according to state Board of Elections data. As the Maryland campaigns for national, state and local candidates entered their final hours, the local race for Cecil County Executive took a negative turn not seen here since the 2012 elections when the “Smipkins” political machine—owned and operated by former state Del. Michael Smigiel and Sen. E.J. Pipkin, both R-36—distributed direct mail flyers with sharp personal attacks on local candidates. This year, the negative personal attacks have come in several last-minute flyers and a robocall initiated by County Council member Dan Schneckenberger (R-3) to attack County Council Vice President Alan McCarthy (R-1), a rival in the Republican primary election. The state Board of Elections reported that early voting turnout in Cecil County totaled 3,262 voters, or 5.15 percent of “active eligible” registered voters. For Republicans, early voter turnout totaled 1,837, or about 7 percent of the local GOP electorate. For Democrats, early voter turnout [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Votes: Early Vote Tally Favors Moore for County Exec; Hodge, McCarthy for Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early voting tallies for the historic Cecil County election for the first County Executive show Republican Tari Moore ahead and fellow Republicans Robert Hodge and Alan McCarthy leading in two County Council races. Moore, currently serving as a County Commissioner from District 2, received 2,949 votes—51.7 percent—of early voting ballots while Democrat Pam Howard, the former three-term county Treasurer—showed 2,742 votes or 48.07 percent. In District 1, Republican Alan McCarthy held a solid lead, with 3,330 votes or 59.46 percent of the early vote, over his Democratic rival Pamela Bailey, who received 2256 votes or 40.29 percent of the early voting tally. In District 5, Robert Hodge, currently a Republican county Commissioner, was ahead with 2,938 votes or 52.36 percent of the early voting count. His Democratic rival, James Crouse, the former mayor of Elkton, drew 2,666 votes or 47.51 percent. In Cecil County, state election officials reported there were 5,891 total ballots cast in early voting, amounting to 9.42 percent of the county’s 62,524 eligible voters. (Statewide, early ballots were cast by 430,573 voters, or 11.65 percent of the state’s 3,694,658 eligible voters.) Anecdotal reports from throughout the county on Election Day indicated a strong voter turnout on Tuesday, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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