Maryland: Ellen Sauerbrey

Fri, 06/06/2008 - 15:15

GOP gathers for yearly fundraiser

State Republicans gathered for the 18th annual Red, White and Blue fundraiser last night in Linthicum, the party's major fundraiser for the year.

Justin Ready, the party's executive director, told PolitickerMD.com that roughly 400 people attended the event. He said the MDGOP expected to raise "close to $100,000" for the evening.

"This is a big improvement from last year," Ready said. "We're moving forward."

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Fri, 06/06/2008 - 10:05

This week's Maryland 'Winners and Losers'

[img_assist|nid=2369|title=|desc=|link=url|url=http://www.politickermd.com/winners_losers/june-6-2008|align=left|width=420|height=107][img_assist|nid=2513|title=Ehrlich in oil|desc=|link=none|url=undefined|align=right|width=80|height=169]It's time for PolitickerMD.com's Winner and Losers, and as Barbara Mikulski could attest lately, you win some, you lose some. Also: scandals account for two losers, while Al Wynn cashes in and Bob Ehrlich takes his place in history.

Thu, 05/29/2008 - 17:15

Meekins says GOP is unified behind Harris

After a bruising contest that saw negative attack ads and arguments about contributions from political action committees, state Sen. Andy Harris defeated nine-term incumbent Rep. Wayne Gilchrest  and state Sen. E.J. Pipkin in the Feb. 12 GOP primary in Maryland's 1st Congressional District.

Since that time, Gilchrest has been highly critical of Harris, leading many to believe that he may endorse the Democratic candidate, Frank Kratovil. His longtime aide, Lynn Caligiuri, joined the Kratovil campaign in April as a finance coordinator.

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 14:08

Harris calls Kratovil a ‘Prince George’s machine Democrat’

Queen Anne's County State's Attorney Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville) has presented himself to the voters of Maryland's 1st Congressional District as a moderate, much like the district's current congressman, Wayne Gilchrest (R-Kennedyville).

His opponent, state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville) rejects the notion that Kratovil is a moderate, calling him a "Prince George's machine Democrat" during an interview today with PolitickerMD.com.

Fri, 02/01/2008 - 12:58

Sauerbrey endorses Harris

[img_assist|nid=815|title=Ellen Sauerbrey|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=100|height=134]Former House of Delegates Minority Leader and two-time GOP standardbearer Ellen Sauerbrey endorsed state Sen. Andy Harris for the First District Republican nomination in Annapolis this morning.

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