O’Malley nominates Kratovil to be a judge
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has nominated former Maryland congressman Frank Kratovil to the District Court for Queen Anne’s County. O’Malley announced the appointment on Wednesday to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John T. Clark III. Kratovil, a Democrat, represented Maryland’s 1st Congressional District, which includes all of the Eastern Shore, [&h[...]
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DeMarco calls Andy Harris’ health care stand “outrageous”
Have you heard the one about the newly elected congressman who ran against the federal health care overhaul, then complained when he learned his government-subsidized plan wouldn’t kick in until a month after he was sworn in? Vinnie DeMarco has. And he thinks it’s “outrageous.” DeMarco is the president of the Health Care for All […]
Maryland 1st District race for Congress saw cash influx
Maryland’s most expensive House race got a last-minute rush of cash from across the country, but its full magnitude won’t be clear until financial reports are due next month. The candidates in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District took in at least $200,000 between Oct. 21 and the Nov. 2 election, according to Federal Election Commission filings. […]
GOP’s Harris beats Rep. Kratovil in Md. House race
Republican Andy Harris has defeated Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District. The conservative state senator beat the moderate freshman congressman Tuesday for the seat representing the Eastern Shore and parts of the counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford. With 36 percent of precincts reporting, Harris had 53 percent of the vote […]
Control of House could hinge on Md. 1st District rematch
STEVENSVILLE — The race on the Eastern Shore for Maryland’s 1st Congressional District is regarded as among the tightest and costliest in the nation. Conservative Republican state Sen. Andy Harris is trying to unseat freshman Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in a rematch of their close 2008 contest. The race has been fueled by more than […]
Kratovil tries to swim against the GOP tide
They hung him in effigy a year ago, protesting the health care overhaul. A first-term Democrat, he had won narrowly in 2008, prevailing in one of the most conservative congressional districts in Maryland. This year, he’s been seen as the poster child for endangered Democrats. He faces the same combative Republican from 2008, state Sen. […]