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March 1, 2009 - 06:47 am
NEWS FEED: Red Maryland

The Vulnerable Frank Kratovil

By G. A. Harrison (noreply@blogger.com)

How vulnerable is freshman Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD)?  Not half as vulnerable as he, and his pals in the media would have you believe.

Sure, common sense dictates that Kratovil will have some tough sledding in 2010.  The First District has historically gone Republican since the early 1960's.  However, less than two months into his term, Kratovil and the DCCC are doing all they can to make sure that Flip-Flop Frank will get over the hump in 2010 so that his Democrat pals in the Maryland legislature can gerrymander a nice safe seat for 2012 (and beyond).

If you follow congressional seats around the country you will quickly find that this disingenuous stab at fooling the voters isn't limited to Maryland's 1st congressional district.

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Thu, 11/20/2008 - 18:50

Van Hollen on defense and offense

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON - While prognosticators argue that House Democrats will have trouble winning seats for a third consecutive cycle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington) is articulating a plan to fellow Democratic Members that focuses both on defense and offense in the 2010 cycle.

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Tue, 10/28/2008 - 12:11

Ehrlich to Dems and Independents: 'Andy Harris is a good man'

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R-Baltimore) would like to have a conversation with his Democratic and independent friends about Republican Andy Harris.

"Andy Harris is an independent voice with sound fiscal ideas. A reformer we can trust. He'll make a great congressman," Ehrlich says in a new television ad launched this week by the Harris campaign.

Harris, a state Senator from Cockeysville, is currently competing against Democrat Frank Kratovil, the Queen Anne's County state's Attorney in a heated battle for the open 1st Congressional District seat.

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Thu, 10/23/2008 - 15:35

Capital endorses Kratovil

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The Capital's editorial board endorsed Democrat Frank Kratovil for Congress on Thursday.

Kratovil, the Queen Anne's County state Attorney, is currently running against state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville) for Maryland's open 1st Congressional District seat. The Capital took aim at Harris's legislative record and praised Kratovil's Eastern Shore roots.

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Tue, 10/07/2008 - 13:04

DCCC ad: Harris's friends aren't your friends

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Republican Andy Harris is hanging out with wrong crowd, according to a new television ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

"We've met Andy Harris's friends. They're not your friends," says a narrator in the ad. "Like the utilities, oil and gas lobby. They gave Harris big bucks and he voted to deregulate electricity."

Harris, a state Senator from Cockeysville, helped utility companies make "record profits" while Maryland families "paid millions more," according to the ad.

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Sat, 10/04/2008 - 17:06

Polling rumors float at Kratovil fundraiser

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Update 

EASTON -- Congressional candidate Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville) says he believes his campaign is tied with Republican Andy Harris's.

"The most recent ones showed us at 36, tied at 36," said Kratovil of Harris's camp at a Friday night fundraiser.

Kratovil was referencing an internal poll released last month by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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Fri, 09/26/2008 - 12:34

Harris ad: Kratovil's liberal policies won't work

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Democratic Congressional candidate Frank Kratovil is too liberal for the 1st Congressional District, a new ad from the Andy Harris campaign claims.

"Sadly, Frank Kratovil just doesn't get it," says the ad's narrator. "He wants the same old failed liberal policies. He's wrong. Liberal policies never work."

Kratovil has pushed the idea that he is a moderate throughout the race for the 1st district, which is historically conservative but has an independent bent.

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Tue, 09/23/2008 - 15:21

DCCC ad: ‘Is Andy Harris lonely?'

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=3702|title=Congressional candidate Andy Harris|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=255]The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hitting Andy Harris' record on health care in a new ad.

"Is Andy Harris lonely?" asks a new DCCC commercial. "The only state senator to oppose requiring insurance companies to cover better access to OB/GYN services and he was one of only two to oppose covering cancer screenings."

Harris campaign manager Chris Meekins defended the state senator from Cockeysville.

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Tue, 09/23/2008 - 14:30

DCCC airdrops into Maryland

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is providing a financial lift to Frank Kratovil in Maryland's 1st Congressional District.

The committee has reserved over $1 million in airtime in the district between now and Election Day in the contest between state's attorney Kratovil and Republican state Sen. Andy Harris, according to a DCCC spokeswoman. The committee went on the air today with a $168,000 media buy.

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 14:49

Internal DCCC poll: Kratovil-Harris tied

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

A new Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee internal poll shows the congressional race between Frank Kratovil and Andy Harris in a dead heat.

The poll conducted by Grove Insight and paid for by the DCCC shows Queen Anne's County State's Attorney Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville) and state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville) with 36 points each and 25 percent of those surveyed undecided.

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