This will be my first crack at establishing a local political calendar, subdivided by county.
Obviously I don’t have a lot yet, but that’s because the ball begins to roll slowly. Once I get a calendar or two in the pipeline I think things will go more efficiently. Prior to starting this I attempted to put an e-mail address on the mailing list of as many state and local candidates as I could easily do. Additionally, I sent a blanket e-mail to whatever local party chairs (both major parties and minor ones) that I could get an address for, asking for their cooperation.
For today’s version, I’ve pretty much perused the candidate websites. Some of them have calendars that are up to date, others do not. In the future, I’m hoping that the local parties will see this as an opportunity to get their candidate appearances more known to the public.
I plan to provide an updated calendar each Sunday night through Election Day, except for the Sunday I will be on vacation (coming up in August.)
Wicomico County:
Believe it or not, I have no events for Wicomico County in the next two weeks. Surprises me too.
Worcester County:
June 15: District 38B candidate Jack Lord will be at the Worcester County Farm Bureau. I assume this is a meeting of the Farm Bureau.
June 16 and 17: Jack Lord will also be at the Cypress Festival in Pocomoke. (If you haven’t guessed, he’s very good about having a calendar of events. Thumbs up Jack!)
June 20: Jack Lord will be at the Showell Fire Department. I’m unsure of the nature of the event.
June 23 and 24: I doubt he’ll be the only politician there, but again Jack Lord has scheduled himself to be at the “Delmarva Poultry Industry Festival” (aka Chicken Festival) at Byrd Park in Snow Hill.
June 25: This is an unconfirmed event, but I’m told that U.S. Senate candidate Michael Steele will be at the Four Corners Community Center in Berlin between 3 and 5 p.m.
Somerset County:
I have no event information at this time for Somerset County. Had this started a week earlier, I could have given Page Elmore’s event a plug here.
Dorchester County:
I do not have a date for this yet (perhaps someone up Cambridge way can help me, hint hint) but apparently U.S. House candidate Jim Corwin will be at the Dorchester Democrats’ Choptank Cruise. This is according to an e-mail update I got from the campaign (see how this works?)
Sussex County:
June 12: U.S. Senate candidate Jan Ting is scheduled to be at the Sussex County Republican meeting. Unfortunately, that’s all the detail I have.
June 17: Jan Ting will also appear at the College Republican fundraiser in Lewes. The Inn at Canal Square is the locale, from 6-8 p.m. I did not get info on the cost of the event.
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Again, if you are a candidate (or on their committee) running in these counties and have the scoop on events, WEBSITES (so I can link to them) or other helpful info I’d love to know about it. You can contact me at michael@monoblogue.us and I’ll give you a special e-mail I’m using for these campaigns. Basically it’s so I don’t get a lot of spam – so far it’s working.
In turn, I’ll try to keep our little corner of Delmarva posted on these events. Next calendar will be next Sunday and will cover June 19 through July 1.
