The Eastern Shore's most successful politician is probably two-term Governor Harry Hughes. Facing term limits in 1986, Hughes ran for a U.S. Senate seat but was defeated in the primary by Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski. This is a lit piece from Hughes's last campaign for elected office.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Harry Hughes for Senate, 1986
Party Performance in the Central and Lower Eastern Shore
Today we’ll look at election results in six counties in the Central and Lower Eastern Shore.
Caroline County
0.5% of Registered Voters (22nd)
Solid Republican
The entire statehouse delegation and County Commission are Republicans. Enough said.
Talbot County
0.7% of Registered Voters (19th)
Leans Republican
Historically, the statehouse delegation went Republican and the Democrats captured a majority of county government seats. This year, the Democrats lost both. One more election like this and Talbot might have to be rated Solid Republican.
Dorchester County
0.6% of Registered Voters (20th)
Split
Dorchester usually sends Republicans to the statehouse and Democrats to the county government. Democrats had a good year in 2010 despite the GOP’s wave, but it’s too soon to say that the county leans in their favor. Like Kent County, Dorchester voted for Ehrlich, Mikulski and Kratovil.
Somerset County
0.4% of Registered Voters (23rd)
Split
Republican candidates do better at the top of the ticket and Democrats do better for county offices. In the last three cycles, the Democrats had 8-5 margins for county seats. Somerset is another county that voted for Ehrlich, Mikulski and Kratovil.
Wicomico County
1.6% of Registered Voters (15th)
Leans Republican
Most Republicans win here, but the success of a few prominent Democrats like County Executive Rick Pollitt and Delegates Norman Conway and Rudolph Cane prevent us from classifying this jurisdiction as Solid Republican.
Worcester County
1.0% of Registered Voters (17th)
Leans Republican
Like several other Eastern Shore counties, Worcester has tended to vote for Republicans for state office and Democrats for county office. But this year, the GOP won five of seven County Commission seats and voters supported both Eric Wargotz and Andy Harris. That puts Worcester in the Republicans’ corner for now.
We’ll summarize all of our results tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Party Performance in Baltimore County, Harford County and the Upper Shore
How do the parties do in Baltimore County, Harford and the upper shore?
Baltimore County
14.2% of Registered Voters (3rd)
Leans Democrat
Republicans win seats in the districts Baltimore County shares with Carroll County (Legislative District 5) and Harford County (Legislative District 7). Otherwise, Democrats win most of the time, especially in districts that border the city. The fact that Governor Martin O’Malley almost defeated former Baltimore County Congressman Bob Ehrlich here this year says something about this jurisdiction. Here’s another fact: in the 54 years that the County Executive office has been in existence, the GOP has occupied it in just eight years. And one of those occupants was Spiro Agnew.
Harford County
4.3% of Registered Voters (7th)
Solid Republican
Harford has largely completed a transition to GOP control that took about twenty-five years. The Democrats did not bother to run candidates for County Executive or a majority of County Council seats this year. All three Senators and seven of eight Delegates are Republicans.
Cecil County
1.7% of Registered Voters (12th)
Solid Republican
Cecil is a rare GOP success story in Maryland. Eight years ago, most of its elected officials were Democrats. This year, voters supported just three Democrats: Delegate David Rudolph, the county’s Register of Wills and one Judge of the Orphans’ Court. (Unopposed Attorney General Doug Gansler is the fourth Democratic “win.”) Can the GOP learn anything from Harford and Cecil Counties that could help it build strength in the rest of the state?
Kent County
0.4% of Registered Voters (24th)
Split
Kent County, the smallest jurisdiction in Maryland, goes both ways. Its District 36 statehouse delegation is totally Republican. Its county government is dominated by Democrats. Kent voted for Ehrlich but also voted for Mikulski and Kratovil this year – an unusual combination.
Queen Anne’s County
0.9% of Registered Voters (18th)
Solid Republican
The only Democrats who won this year in Queen Anne’s were the Register of Wills, the State’s Attorney and Gansler. The latter two ran unopposed. The GOP had just one seat on the County Commission in 2006. This year they swept all five.
We’ll look at the Central and Lower Eastern Shore tomorrow.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Great Article on Crab Houses of the Eastern Shore
If you like crabs, you are going to get hungry in a hurry reading this terrific article in the New York Times.
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