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State GOP to focus on gaining legislative seats

December 3, 2012

The Maryland Republican convention on Saturday did not go after state party leaders, but instead heard a plan to go after Democratic legislative seats in the 2014 election. [...more]

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State GOP convention has the usual firing squad and lynch mob

November 30, 2012

The preparations for this weekend’s Maryland Republican Convention are in place. The firing squad for the party leaders has been forming its circle, armed with hot-air popguns. The lynch mob for party chairman Alex Mooney has bought a bungee cord. All is normal for a party that has control of local government in half of Maryland’s counties, but gets routinely clobbered at the statewide level. The snarky sniping and angry grumbling are fairly routine. Senate nominee Dan Bongino has some ideas for fixing the party. [...more]

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Maryland delegates to GOP convention in Tampa adjusting to Isaac

August 26, 2012

TAMPA, FLA. - Maryland delegates continued to arrive in Tampa Sunday afternoon as Tropical Storm Isaac brewed overhead and Republican National Convention officials scrambled to trim the four-day program down to three. Despite shifts in speakers and events, delegates said they are flexible and eager to achieve their main goal: nominating Mitt Romney and preparing for the fall campaign. [...more]

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GOP Chair Mooney now working for Bartlett; Jacobs trying to ‘ditch Dutch’

July 2, 2012

State Republican Party Chairman Alex Mooney is now working part time on the staff of U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett as community outreach director. “It’s part time because I’m staying on as party chairman,” said Mooney, who was elected to the unpaid party post last year. ||“Dump Dutch” or “Ditch Dutch” -- Republican state Sen. Nancy Jacobs isn’t sure which is the better slogan for her campaign to unseat five-term Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger. [...more]

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Reaction to Supreme Court decision on health care includes victory dances and calls for repeal

June 29, 2012

The torrent of comment on the Supreme Court decision to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act fell predictably along party and ideological lines: Democrats and progressives were exulting; Republicans and conservatives were disgusted, except for the ruling that the individual mandate was a tax. It will take several days to digest the full implications, but here are lightly edited versions of over two dozen Maryland reactions. [...more]

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GOP desperate for ballot signatures, as are Greens

Republicans hoping to overturn Maryland’s gerrymandered congressional districts are sounding desperate to collect enough by the deadline at midnight Saturday. They say they need to collect 7,000 signatures to be on the safe side to put the redistricting map on the ballot with a total of 55,736 valid signings. [...more]

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Briefs: Redistricting petition drive; Newt in Naptown; no study of third Bay Bridge

March 27, 2012

Republicans and minority groups upset with new lines drawn for congressional districts are starting a petition drive to put the maps on the ballot in November. Newt Gingrich visits Annapolis. The Senate rejects a study for a third bay bridge. [...more]

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Mooney won’t challenge Bartlett in GOP primary, but Afzali will

January 10, 2012

In two more surprises in the race for the redrawn 6th Congressional District, state GOP Chairman Alex Mooney said Tuesday he won’t challenge Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, but freshman Del. Kathy Afzali of Frederick said she will, pitting her against the state senator from her own district, David Brinkley. [...more]

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Mooney may be entering race for Congress; Afzali to become sixth legislator to file

With the filing deadline tomorrow at 9 p.m., state GOP Chairman Alex Mooney Tuesday morning is planning to announce whether he will challenge 10-term Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, a man for whom he once worked on Capitol Hill. [...more]

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Brinkley, Jacobs decide to challenge incumbent congressmen; Mooney still unsure

January 4, 2012

With the filing deadline for Congress a week away, two state Senate Republican leaders -- David Brinkley and Nancy Jacobs -- are poised to challenge incumbent congressmen, while the state GOP chairman remains unsure. [...more]

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