20060913 KDDC Unofficial Carroll County primary election results

Unofficial Carroll County primary election results

September 13^th, 2006

With all but three of the precinct results in, the results are:

Republicans Michael Zimmer and incumbents Julia Walsh Gouge and Dean L. Minnich will face off against Democrats Dennis E. Beard, Vincent F. DiPietro and Richard F. Solomon in this November’s Carroll County general election for the Carroll County Board of Commissioners.

Incumbent District 5 Senator Larry E. Haines easily defeated challenger Michelle Jefferson, by capturing almost twice more votes - 68 to 38 percent. Senator Haines has represented a portion of Carroll and Baltimore Counties for four terms since 1990.

In the District 5A delegate race, Carroll County voters overwhelmingly opted to return Tanya Shewell and Nancy R. Stocksdale to Annapolis.

In a nail-biter in South Carroll's District 9B delegate contest, incumbent Susan W. Krebs barely defeated challenger Larry Helminiak.

And sitting Circuit Court Judges Tom Stansfield and Barry Hughes were easily affirmed as the choice of Carroll County voters, in a contest that saw a rare challenger. Without a thorough check, apparently the only other challenge to a sitting judge in Carroll County’s history was in 1982 when Delegate Lanny Harchenhorn challenged Judge Luke Burns. Carroll Countians have historically been intolerant to politicizing the judiciary.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA. E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org www.thetentacle.com Westminster Eagle Opinion and Winchester Report www.thewestminstereagle.com www.kevindayhoff.com