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Patch covers the political races that matter most to Baltimore County.UPDATE (4:10 p.m.)—It looks like the Baltimore County Council will have two women members for the first time ever. Katie Brown, elections director at the county board of elections, said late Thursday afternoon that after counting 895 absentee ballots in the Sixth Council District, Ryan Nawrocki picked up just 35 votes on leader Cathy Bevins, a Democrat. Brown said about 650 provisional ballots remain to be counted. About 25 percent of those will likely be rejected by the board, based on past elections, according to Brown. "I expected the rest will go like the absentee ballots — about 50-50 …
After 11 p.m. Tuesday, in the basement bar of the Silver Spring Mining Company on Belair Road, Republican Delegate Joseph C. Boteler III sat with a few close friends, celebrating his victory in Legislative District 8."The numbers are looking very good," said Boteler. He hadn't expected to gain the most votes—19,871, nearly 20 percent of the total—among five other Republican and Democratic candidates in the district, he said. Only the top three candidates in each district gain seats in Maryland's 141-member House of Delegates. This year's race was a far cry from his first in 1998, which he …
According to unofficial results from the Maryland State Board of Elections, the following candidates beat out their opponents in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 2: Governor / Lt. Governor Martin O'Malley and Anthony G. Brown, Democratic Party Comptroller Peter Franchot, Democratic Party Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, Democratic Party U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Democratic Party U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional District Andy Harris, Republican Party State Senator, District 8 Katherine Klausmeier, Democratic Party State Senator, District 7 J.B. Jennings, …
Republican Bob Ehrlich tonight congratulated incumbent Democrat Martin O'Malley on O'Malley's win in the Maryland governor's race. Ehrlich, appearing at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, talked to supporters shortly after 11:30 p.m. "I didn't expect to give this short talk," he said, "but you're going to get it. "A lot of you commented about the campaign and the negative ads and the some of the silly stuff you saw and the ludicrous charges, but just know, that's politics," he added. "That's the nature of politics and we congratulate Gov. O'Malley tonight. I was raised to fight. I was raised …
From Capital News Service KENT ISLAND—State Sen. Andy Harris of Cockeysville made this round look easy—toppling freshman Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in their rematch for Maryland's 1st Congressional District, which covers nearly half of Harford County. Kratovil spoke to his supporters at the Crab Deck restaurant a little before 11 p.m., saying that he was "consistently overwhelmed" by his supporters and praised the electoral process. "The battles we have we fight at the ballot box and not on the battlefield," Kratovil said. With 77 percent of the vote in, Harris was leading Kratovil 54 to …
Republican David Marks, perhaps riding a wave caused by a contentious Democratic primary and a national rise in Republican turnout, defeated Democrat Mike Ertel to take the District 5 seat in the Baltimore County Council. Marks, 37, pulled away from Ertel, 44, in early voting and, as precincts started reporting results, the gap became wider. Ertel called Marks to concede around 11 p.m. "First and foremost, I would like to thank the voters of the 5th District for putting their trust in me and I promise that I will live up to that trust," Marks said. Marks, a transportation consultant and …
UPDATED (1:30 A.M.)—Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley bucked a national GOP resurgence and decisively defeated his Republican rival Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in a bitter rematch between the standard-bearers of the state's political parties. As of 12:48 a.m. Wednesday O'Malley and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, held a crushing 13.5-point lead over Ehrlich and Mary Kane. O'Malley garnered nearly 56 percent of the vote to Ehrlich's 42 percent, according to state Board of Elections numbers. "Tonight we choose a better future for the children of Maryland," O'Malley told his supporters at the…
Editor's Note: Follow Lutherville-Timonium Patch on Twitter for live updates throughout the evening from ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich's party at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. With only exit polling numbers providing a snap shot for the evening, ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich's spokesman Andy Barth says his camp is "hopeful." For the hundreds in attendance at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, it's a waiting game, but a fun one at least. Roxanne Miller, 57, said she was excited to be surrounded by so many Ehrlich supporters. She and her husband Jack danced down the isles in the Exhibition Hall at the…
Patch interviewed voters outside of Chapel Hill Elementary School and Gunpowder Elementary School in Perry Hall to find out who they voted for and why. Name: Christopher RuthAge: 34Occupation: Band and orchestra teacherTown: White MarshVoted for: Bob Ehrlich for governor, Andy Harris for congress and the entire Republican ticket, except for county council, for which he voted for Mike Ertel. Why: "I agree more with Republicans' use of tax dollars...I'm tired of the negative ads. I'm less likely to vote for candidates who air negative ads. " Name: Cyndi DryeAge: 44Occupation: Stay-at-home …
At least two voting machines at Pine Grove Middle School in Parkville had to be restarted after some voters had problems voting for Republican county executive candidate Ken Holt. Joe Seehusen, a spokesman for Holt's campaign, said he received a complaint about a "voting irregularity" at Pine Grove Middle School Tuesday morning where a voter said he "pushed the button for Holt but got the write-in screen." Seehusen also said that while he was present at the precinct two other voters reported that they had voted for Holt only to received an indication that their ballot was cast for Democrat …
Though it comes without cookouts or parades, Election Day, like Memorial Day and Independence Day, is a civic holiday. Celebrate by voting! To find out where you vote, use the Maryland Elections Center website or find your closest location on a list compiled by Patch yesterday. Today, with the help of the Maryland State Board of Elections, we've compiled a list of major candidates who will most likely appear on the ballots of Perry Hall residents. Governor / Lt. Governor Martin O'Malley and Anthony G. Brown, Democratic Party Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. and Mary Kane, Republican Party …
If there's one thing I gained this election, it's a hefty collection of political mailers. They range from negative attack ads to blandly informational to laugh-out-loud funny. One mailer, paid for by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Political Action Committee, asks, "Doctor Andy Harris took an oath to do no harm. Isn't it time we hold those we send to Washington to the same high standard?" Another, paid for by FairTax.org, uses the phrase, "Obamacare nightmare." Do these mailers help you learn more about your local candidates or are they a waste of paper?
If you're reading this news site, you probably live in Baltimore County Election District 11, which includes all of Perry Hall and parts of Nottingham, Carney, Kingsvillle, Parkville, White Marsh, Hydes and Long Green. The easiest way to find your polling place is by plugging your address into the Maryland Elections Center website, provided by the University of Maryland, College Park. We've also compiled a list of all 22 available polling places, courtesy of the Baltimore County Board of Elections, and categorized them by zip code. Perry Hall, 21128: Joppa View Elementary School, Gym, 8727 …
Abby Brownback is a reporter with Capital News Service in Annapolis. ANNAPOLIS - Anti-incumbent sentiment, Republican enthusiasm and the emergence of the Tea Party might have propelled former Gov. Bob Ehrlich to an upset of sitting Gov. Martin O'Malley. But this is Maryland, and Ehrlich's campaign has lacked momentum, leaving the former governor dependent on winning a difficult turnout battle come Tuesday. "He's got a tough hill to climb, no matter how good a campaign he runs," said Laura Hussey, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. …
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video is the last of four we are posting before the Nov. 2 general election. Both Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Republican rival, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., agreed to sit down to answer questions from Patch readers, but Ehrlich had to cancel. That's why the quality of the two videos differs. We did our best to reschedule with Ehrlich but ultimately had to settle for a less intimate setting.In this video Ehrlich talks about slot machines in Maryland. He criticized O'Malleyfor the problematic and slow rollout of slots since voters approved the devices inthe 2008 …
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video is the last of four we are posting before the Nov. 2 General Election. Both Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Republican rival, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., agreed to sit down to answer questions from Patch readers, but Ehrlich had to cancel. That's why the quality of the two videos differs. We did our best to reschedule with Ehrlich but ultimately had to settle for a less intimate setting. In this video O'Malley pushes back against Ehrlich's constant attack line that the Democratic governor enacted the largest tax increase in state history. O'Malley reminds voters …
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video is the third of four we are posting before the Nov. 2 General Election. Both Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Republican rival, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., agreed to sit down to answer questions from Patch readers, but Ehrlich had to cancel. That's why the quality of the two videos differ. We did our best to reschedule with Ehrlich but ultimately had to settle for a less intimate setting. In this installment Ehrlich touts his environmental record, naming three intiatives that he led when he was governor: the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund, the Corsica River …
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video is the third of four we are posting before the Nov. 2 General Election. Both Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Republican rival, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., agreed to sit down to answer questions from Patch readers, but Ehrlich had to cancel. That's why the quality of the two videos differ. We did our best to reschedule with Ehrlich but ultimately had to settle for a less intimate setting. Claim: "The tax increases were necessary because Bob Ehrlich left a bigger deficit than any governor in history after increasing spending by more than any governor in history over…
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video is the second of four we are posting before the Nov. 2 General Election to help inform your decision for governor. Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley sat down with Patch to answer our readers' questions. His rival, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., agreed to do the same, but cancelled at the last minute. Patricia Reimer from Bowie asks: "What specific steps will you take, if any, to resolve the Prince George's hospital situation?" O'Malley also discusses his opposition to expanding gambling.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video is the second of four we are posting before the Nov. 2 General Election. Both Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Republican rival, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., agreed to sit down to answer questions from Patch readers, but Ehrlich had to cancel. That's why the quality of the two videos differs. We did our best to reschedule with Ehrlich but ultimately had to settle for a less intimate setting. Ehrlich answered questions from reporters following his speech at Towson University last week. We were able to ask a question from Matt Dernoga of College regarding wind …
