Lavender versus Cinnamon Counties in Maryland 2012 – on Question 6 (homosexual marriage)

Lavender versus Cinnamon Counties in Maryland 2012 – on Question 6 (homosexual marriage)

Lavender Counties – voted FOR homosexual marriage

Anne Arundel

Baltimore City

Baltimore

Frederick

Howard

Montgomery

Cinnamon Counties – voted AGAINST homosexual marriage

Allegany

Calvert

Caroline

Carroll

Cecil

Charles

Dorchester

Garrett

Harford

Kent

Prince George’s

Queen Anne’s

St. Mary’s

Somerset

Talbot

Washington

Wicomico

Worchester

Detailed election results:

Last Updated 11/12/2012 01:01:01 PM

Question 06

Civil Marriage Protection Act (Ch. 2 of the 2012 Legislative Session)

Referendum Petition

	Yes	No
Allegany County	9,654	18,636
Anne Arundel County	122,499	112,907
Baltimore City	126,244	94,666
Baltimore County	178,669	169,517
Calvert County	19,648	23,490
Caroline County	4,606	7,898
Carroll County	36,843	47,618
Cecil County	17,926	22,715
Charles County	32,054	38,725
Dorchester County	5,441	8,780
Frederick County	56,562	54,948
Garrett County	3,357	9,035
Harford County	53,545	67,655
Howard County	85,741	59,692
Kent County	4,582	4,774
Montgomery County	257,460	137,498
Prince George's County	168,086	172,471
Queen Anne's County	10,365	13,290
St. Mary's County	19,762	25,324
Somerset County	3,102	5,976
Talbot County	9,327	10,156
Washington County	21,967	35,236
Wicomico County	15,324	23,731
Worcester County	10,654	14,814
Totals	1,273,418 ( 51.9%)	1,179,552 ( 48.1%)

Alzona presages 2012 Maryland GOP election results in a Gazette Newspapers story

Augustus Alzona presages 2012 Maryland election results for the GOP in a Gazette Newspapers story, by C. Benjamin Ford, quoted below:
...
In Montgomery County, nonaffiliated voters passed registered Republicans for the first time in December 2010. In the latest report, there were 333,118 Democrats, 123,404 Republicans and 133,523 nonaffiliated voters.

Augustus Alzona, who served on the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2010, said he was not surprised.

From his observations, voter registration outreach efforts by the Montgomery County GOP initially helped attract new voters, including minorities in the increasingly diverse county, Alzona said.

But then, money raised was sent to help the top of the campaign tickets and less was spent on local retail political efforts, he said.

That was a major reason why the number of nonaffiliated voters eventually passed the number of registered Republicans, he said.

Republican numbers have continued to decline in Montgomery County, while the number of Democrats and nonaffiliated voters grows, he said.

Alzona, who remains a Republican, expressed frustration that as a socially conservative Catholic, he believes too many Republicans are supporting same-sex marriage. This could lead other social conservatives to leave the party and either become independents or find another party to join, he said.

“One of my pet peeves was the focus was solely on fundraising and not on the grass-roots fundamentals of registering voters,” Alzona said.
...

"Number of nonaffiliated voters continues to grow"

http://www.gazette.net/article/20121019/NEWS/710199726/1124/number-of-nonaffiliated-voters-continues-to-grow&template=gazette

A long since buried Fox News report regarding Israeli spying in the U.S.

MarylandGOP's Diversity Slate - April 2012

The following MarylandGOP's Diversity Slate of candidates has been endorsed for election, at the Maryland Republican Party's 2012 Spring Convention, as Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the Republican National Committee (RNC) Convention to be held in Tampa, Florida, August 2012.

Delegates to the RNC Convention:

CANDICE CLOUGH
MARK CRAWFORD
MICHAEL HARGADON
LARRY HELMINIAK
FAITH LOUDON
TONY O'DONNELL
JAMES RETER
RICK SAFFERY
ALLEN TWIGG
CORROGAN VAUGHN

Alternate Delegates to the RNC Convention:

COLLINS BAILEY
CAROL BOWIS
ADRIAN CITRONI
J. SCOTT DELONG
TOM DE SABLA
TYLER HARWOOD
JESSICA RAMOS
GEORGE OTTO
JERRY WALKER
DARRELL R. WOOD