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Maryland: Queen Anne's County

Tue, 12/09/2008 - 13:59

Ransom to oversee first County Commission meeting as president

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Queen Anne's County Commissioner Gene Ransom (D-Grasonville) will preside over his first county commission meeting Wednesday as its newly-elected President.
 
Ransom replaced Republican County Commissioner Eric Wargotz as president in late November. New presidents are traditionally elected annually and have a powerful role setting the agenda and running meetings. Queen Anne's does not have a county executive position.
 

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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:44

Was Wargotz warned about robocalls?

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Queen Anne's County Republican Central Committee member Andrew Langer claims Republican County Commissioner Eric Wargotz was given plenty of warning before the central committee launched robocalls against him last week. But Wargotz insists he wasn't contacted at all.

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Fri, 11/14/2008 - 20:43

Land ordinance sparks intra-GOP feud in Queen Anne's County

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

It's Republican versus Republican in Queen Anne's County.

Eric Wargotz, the only Republican on the Queen Anne's County Commission, found himself the target of a robocall this week when the Queen Anne's County Republican Central Committee began protesting the "Rural Preservation and Development Act" - a piece of legislation Wargotz introduced.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 14:17

The search for Kratovil's replacement begins 'right now'

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The process of finding state's Attorney Frank Kratovil's (D-Stevesville) replacement has officially begun

Darrel Pressley, a spokesman for the Maryland Judiciary, said the process will begin "right now" by "advertising for the position." Queen Anne's County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Ross, who's in charge of nominating Kratovil's successor, will begin reviewing applications immediately, with interviews beginning in early December, according to Pressley.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 09:44

High turnout on Kratovil's home turf

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

STEVENSVILLE -- Turnout is high in Queen Anne's County, Frank Kratovil's home county, according to at least one poll worker there. 

Around 8:30am on Tuesday, Matapeake Elementary School in Stevensville was clocking in at about 3 votes a minute, according to one poll worker, adding it was certainly a lot busier than previous years.

Kratovil, the Queen Anne's County state's Attorney is currently running against state Sen. Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville) for Maryland's 1stCongressional District seat.

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 08:48

Battleground Cecil

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Maryland's 1st Congressional District race could be decided by the roughly 60,000 voters in Cecil County.

While Republican Andy Harris can claim the Western Shore as his stronghold and Democrat Frank Kratovil the Eastern Shore, Cecil County remains a toss-up with just about 2,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans.

That's not to say both candidates don't have their vulnerabilities. Observers point to Queen Anne's County and Anne Arundel County as competitive, but none as unpredictable as Cecil.

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Fri, 05/16/2008 - 15:43

Kratovil calls notion he’s a liberal ‘ridiculous,’ refers to Harris as ‘an extremist’

By Kevin Agnese

Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville), responding to our interview with Andy Harris (R-Cockeysville), said the notion that he is liberal is "ridiculous when you consider my background."

"When you talk to people in Annapolis and around the state-they do not consider me a liberal," Kratovil said.

Speaking with PolitickerMD.com earlier today, Harris referred to Kratovil as a "Prince George's machine Democrat," referencing his opponent's younger days in the heavily Democratic county.

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Fri, 05/16/2008 - 14:08

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

By Kevin Agnese

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.

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