After discussion and review of the qualifications of a number of good candidates, the current members of the Wicomico County Republican Central Committee selected Carl Kurten, Jr. and Dustin Mills to fill out their ranks. The pair outpolled the competition and won the two newly-created seats on the Central Committee. The two will be formally inducted at the body’s February meeting and introduced at the WCRCC’s Lincoln Day Dinner on February 6th.
Kurten, who works for the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department, is a Delmar resident whose previous political involvement focused on volunteering for both national and local campaigns before taking the plunge into party office for the first time.
Mills, of Salisbury, is currently employed by the Wicomico County Board of Education as a long-term substitute teacher and coach but his political body of work includes management stints in both the Michael James for Delegate campaign in 2006 and Andy Harris’ Congressional bid in 2008. He also holds leadership roles in the Wicomico County Republican Club and Lower Shore Young Republicans, and was selected for the William Paca Award as Maryland’s Outstanding Republican Youth in 2008.
In a twist, and because of the large number of qualified applicants, the Committee added two others as non-voting associate members who would be encouraged to participate and speak at WCRCC meetings. Joe Collins and Howard Phillips trailed just behind the two top vote-getters and we decided to encourage their participation by offering them this opportunity.
Kurten and Mills will serve until this coming September, when all nine Central Committee seats will be up for election.
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