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Maryland: Nancy Jacobs

February 11, 2009 - 10:04 am
NEWS FEED: Maryland Politics Today

Facebook Ban Lifted

By P. Kenneth Burns

Cecil/Harford Senator Nancy Jacobs (R-Dist. 34) said that the facebook ban in Annapolis will be lifted.  She made the announcement on her facebook status no less.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 22:00

Jacobs on Meekins: 'I knew he was good, that's why I hired him'

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

GRASONVILLE -- If Republican Andy Harris loses his bid for U.S. Congress it's not a good sign of things to come, according to state Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R- Edgewood/ Abingdon).

"But Andy's not gonna lose it," Jacobs told PolitickerMD.com on Tuesday at Harris's Crab House, where Harris will be having his Election Night party.

Jacobs said a win for Harris was a "precursor for 2010."

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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 15:04

House and Senate GOP oppose early voting amendment

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

House and Senate Republicans are opposing November's constitutional amendment that would authorize early voting in Maryland, claiming it's ripe for fraud, an unfunded mandate and unnecessary since the state already has an absentee ballot program.

But House and Senate Democrats are calling the argument ridiculous.

Voters will decide on November's ballot if the state constitution should be amended to authorize the General Assembly to allow qualified citizens to vote at polling places outside of their districts or up to two weeks before an election.

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Tue, 09/16/2008 - 16:08

Senate GOP: O'Malley's cuts will 'wreak havoc'

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

State Senate Republicans are taking shots at Gov. Martin O'Malley's (D-Baltimore) fiscal policies, following Tuesday's caucus meeting.

"Governor O'Malley's proposal to now cut one-quarter billion dollars from a budget only three months old will wreak havoc to state employees and those who depend upon state services for their livelihood," state Senate Minority Leader Allan Kittleman (R-West Friendship) said in a statement.

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Tue, 09/16/2008 - 13:13

Kittleman now Senate minority leader, Jacobs becomes whip

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Update 

Maryland's Senate Republican Caucus re-organized its leadership on Tuesday.

State Sen. Allan Kittleman (R-West Friendship) got bumped up from minority whip to minority leader and state Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R) will reside as the caucuses new minority whip.

The reassignment came after state Sen. David Brinkley (R-New Market) announced he would step down as minority leader in August.

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Sat, 08/23/2008 - 14:27

Brinkley to step aside as GOP Senate leader

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=2497|title=Senate Minority Leader David Brinkley (R-New Market)|desc=|link=none|url=undefined|align=right|width=180|height=250]State Senate Minority Leader David R. Brinkley (R-New Market) has announced he will step down from his leadership post, possibly as soon as next month, when Senate Republicans are set to re-organize.

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Mon, 01/21/2008 - 16:53

Pipkin challenges Senate colleagues with newspaper ads

By Kevin Agnese

[img_assist|nid=693|title=Pipkin ad|desc=An identical ad was placed against Sen. Jacobs|link=popup|align=right|width=150|height=132]Sen. Colburn Responds

On Friday, the congressional campaign of state Sen. E.J. Pipkin placed newspaper ads in the districts of Republican state Senators Richard Colburn and Nancy Jacobs to draw attention to their votes in support of Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget, which Pipkin also voted for.

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