MESSAGE FROM ROSE

The Election Cycle of 2010 is in full swing!

I am very excited about the many opportunities for the Republican Party on the National, State and Local levels this year! If you are not yet registered to vote please make sure you do so no later than August 24th!

On the local level Carroll County will be electing 5 County Commissioners for the first time in our history. Each voter will choose one Commissioner from their own area of the county as their representative in Westminster. If you are unsure of which Commissioner District covers your area, please click on our link to the Carroll County Board of Elections website provided on our home page to find your district. It will also be listed on your Voter Registration card.

The candidate filing deadline is fast approaching. All candidates for office must file by July 6th. Soon after the filing deadline this website will have links to all of the candidates’ websites and I encourage all voters to educate themselves on the issues and the candidates so that you can make an informed choice on Primary Election Day ~ Tuesday, September 14th!

On the State Level we have a very real chance to win back the Governor’s Office! The citizens of Maryland have endured four long years of one-party, Democrat, rule. This political monopoly has resulted in drastically increased spending, duct-tape solutions to our structural deficit relying solely on one-time federal stimulus funds and the largest tax hikes in the history of the State of Maryland. It is time to send the Democrats a strong message by sending a Republican Governor back to the Statehouse! The Republican National Committee has chosen Maryland’s former Governor Bob Ehrlich as the candidate that has put Maryland in the “leans Republican” category! The scales are tipping and as a result the National Party will be putting an unprecedented amount of resources into the State to help take back the Governor’s Office as well as help other Republican candidates win in November.

On the National level we have to defend and keep the 6th congressional seat for the GOP. Democrat Senator Barbara Mikulski will have one of several Republican candidates to challenge her in November and again, I encourage you to follow the links to each of the Republican candidates, find the one you like the most and volunteer on their campaign so that we can take full advantage of the incredible opportunity this election year brings to the Grand Old Party!

The Central Committee’s role during this election season will be to build the party, support the candidates, register voters and coordinate and plan for General Election Day Activities. The Committee does not endorse any candidate during the Primary season, although many of us will, as individuals, make decisions to help out on the campaigns of our choice.

Look for an announcement in mid-July about the grand opening of our campaign headquarters and a candidate’s open house that we will be sponsoring after the filing deadline. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet all of your candidates!

I would also like to encourage everyone to SAVE THE DATE of September 28th for our Annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner. Many thanks to Congressman Roscoe Bartlett for inviting Congressman Steve King from the great State of Iowa to be our keynote speaker! This will be an exciting night to rally our party and carry us on to a great November victory for Republicans!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact any of our members! We are here to support the Party!

April Rose
Chair
Carroll County Republican Central Committee