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Maryland: Md-2

Thu, 12/11/2008 - 10:02

Auto industry bailout: How Maryland's delegation voted

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The U.S. House of Congress voted Wednesday night to send $14 billion in emergency loans to Detroit automakers.

The Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act passed the House 237 to 170. The Maryland delegation voted 6 to 1 in favor of the bill with outgoing U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Kennedyville) abstaining from the vote. The bailout measure is backed by the White House, but Senate Republicans have shown little support for the bill and are suggesting alternate solutions.

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Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:05

Matthews puts 'a little thought' into running for office again

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Despite being defeated by a 46 point spread in his bid for the 2nd Congressional District seat, Republican Richard Matthews said he was satisfied with the results and his campaign's efforts.

Matthews ran a gentle and issue-focused campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Baltimore).

"It was a hard environment," Matthews told PolitickerMD.com, adding it was his first bid for any elected office. "It was definitely a bad day for Republicans last night."

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Thu, 10/16/2008 - 08:37

Ruppersberger raised $90K in 3Q, Matthews $3K

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Baltimore), who represents Maryland's 2nd Congressional District, reported $89,879.00 in total contributions in the third financial quarter and has $789,546.27 cash on hand, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 12:38

Citroni's last fundraiser

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

COLLEGE PARK -- Patrick Citroni held his last campaign event on Thursday, though he wasn't alive to see it. The former campaign manager of Republican Richard Matthews was killed last month in a motorcycle accident at age 29.

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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 11:44

Ron Paul endorses five GOP candidates

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=3864|title=|desc=Ron Paul: Politicker.com Photo|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=222]COLLEGE PARK -- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) dropped into Maryland Thursday to show his support for five of Maryland's Republican Congressional candidates. The event -- designed to raise cash for the candidates' campaigns -- was held at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Paul, who made an unsuccessful bid for president in 2008, says a lot of enthusiasm resulted from the campaign.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 13:16

Ron Paul to visit Free State

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Ron Paul (R-Texas) will publicly endorse Maryland's Republican candidates for U.S. House at a fundraiser on Thursday.

Each candidate has been invited to speak at the rally. Richard Matthews (MD-2), Peter James (MD-4), Collins Bailey (MD-5) and Mike Hargadon (MD-7) have all confirmed.

Admission to the fundraiser, which is sponsored by Maryland Students for Liberty and Liberty PAC, will cost $25 and will start at 7:30pm. An earlier VIP event will be priced at $150. The event will be held at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 08:28

Will Ehrlich run again? Maybe, but he's fundraising already

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

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REISTERSTOWN -- Bob Ehrlich remains undecided about a possible rematch against Gov. Martin O'Malley in 2010. His supporters, however, aren't waiting.

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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 13:45

MD delegation 7-1 on revised bailout legislation

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The Maryland Congressional delegation voted 7 to 1 on Friday in favor of a revised economic recovery bill.

The U.S. Senate added provisions and voted on an updated rescue bill Wednesday, after the U.S. House failed to pass a $700 billion bailout package for the financial sector on Monday.

Congress passed the revised bill on Friday 263 to 171.

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Thu, 10/02/2008 - 16:01

Web ad: Gaztanaga ties Ruppersberger to Bush

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

In a new web video, Libertarian candidate Lorenzo Gaztanaga is attacking U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger's (D-Baltimore) vote in favor of Monday's controversial bailout plan.

"Dutch Ruppersberger supported George Bush's war in Iraq, supported George Bush's Patriot Act. Now, Dutch Ruppersberger voted for George Bush's bailouts," says a narrator in the Gaztanaga video. "Don't we want a representative in office that thinks?"

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 16:12

Matthew's campaign manager dead at 29

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=3677|title=Patrick Citroni|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=190|height=300]The campaign manager of Republican Richard Matthews died Thursday morning in a motorcycle accident.

The 2nd Congressional District hopeful learned of Patrick J. Citroni's death just 90 minutes before a forum Thursday evening sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Harford County.

But Matthews decided to go through with the debate anyway.

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