It’s official…thank you!

Now I can take the signage and authority statement down after three months; as of yesterday the election count is in the books.

While 2,139 votes may not seem like a lot it was enough to keep me in ninth place and the top nine become the new Central Committee. The 30-vote margin between ninth and tenth tied for the closest, and really there’s no shame in finishing either second or third (Ann Suthowski and Bob Laun, respectively, also were 30 votes apart.) But when the margin is pass or fail, it’s a little different.

I also want to take the opportunity to thank Kim, my significant other and all-around wonderful woman who both served as my treasurer and probably talked me up to enough of her friends and co-workers to push me across the finish line! You better believe every vote counts and in this case she’s probably the difference between me being in and being out.

So here is your new Wicomico County Republican Central Committee who will officially take over after November’s election – although most are already hard at work:

  • Blan Harcum
  • Ann Suthowski
  • Bob Laun
  • Dave Goslee, Sr.
  • John Palmer
  • Dave Parker
  • Joe Collins
  • Mark McIver
  • Michael Swartz

It should be a very interesting four years. We don’t know who the party chair will be; while the top vote-getter traditionally takes the post he or she can delegate it according to his or her wishes whether directly or via a vote of the committee.

I will say that there will be some TEA Party and AFP influence since I saw two others on my list this evening and another two members have also been known to attend frequently. I suppose those naysayers who claim AFP is nothing more than a shill for the Republican Party will take from that what they will, but I also saw the two leading Libertarians locally last night too.

But once again I wanted to take the time to thank both the Republican voters in Wicomico County who retained their faith in me and the other candidates who ran for making it a race on issues rather than personalities – wouldn’t it be nice if the rest were like this? Obviously this was a fairly low-key race and for the most part we all get along so it was a good exercise for all involved.

Oh, speaking of the AFP meeting last night: it was pretty dull as we talked about the upcoming Constitutional and charter amendments facing voters. (The most animated exchanges were afterward, but what happened in Brew River will stay in Brew River.) We did hear the announcement former Democratic County Executive candidate John Wayne Baker endorsed Joe Ollinger for the post, so that was newsworthy.

I was hoping to find out more about the NOvember is Coming bus tour arriving here next week, but the update will have to wait I guess. That’s my summary.

Author: Michael

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3 thoughts on “It’s official…thank you!”

  1. I think the fact that the candidates were listed alphabetically (and you were last)
    may have had an impact on your totals. I am sure that a lot of voters just picked the first nine. I was like: “Where’s Michael?…Oh, there he is!”.

  2. Congratulations! I wasn’t quite as successful here in Baltimore County in my quest to get onto Central Committee – but I’m glad to see good people around the State getting actively into leadership positions in the party.

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