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Watch Ron George's First TV Ad

Watch Ron George’s First TV Ad

Ron George released his first TV ad yesterday.

Here’s what Alex Jackson wrote about it yesterday:

George, a two-term state delegate, said his campaign has signed contracts to begin airing the commercial in the Baltimore market. It’s unclear when the ad will first run.

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George will be the second Republican candidate to run TV ads in Maryland.

Hogan started running ads on TV in April. Craig…

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What was Ron George's press secretary thinking?

What was Ron George’s press secretary thinking?

Tommy Rodriguez, Ron George’s deputy campaign manager and press secretary, sent out a press release today. Rodriguez is yet another gubernatorial campaign press guy who is hostile to bloggers so I didn’t get it directly from the campaign, but I did manage to get it nonetheless.

Here’s the release:

For Immediate Release April 22, 2014 Media Contacts: Tommy Rodriguez – [phone] press@voterong…

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Hogan not the only campaign going to gun shows

Hogan not the only campaign going to gun shows

After my post last night on the campaign of Larry Hogan reaching out to 2nd amendment supporters by campaigning at a gun show, I heard from more than one source close to the campaign of Ron George pointing out they had been campaigning at gun shows too. One person in particular pointed out that George’s running mate Shelley Aloi attended an antique gun show in Timonium the weekend before the gun…

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The Quinton Report in the News Today

The Quinton Report in the News Today

Let’s discuss a couple of items related to previous posts in the past 24 hours.

This morning Jim Geraghty of National Review made this tweet about my post on Delores Kelley:

State Sen. Delores Kelley, D-Md.: “We regulate all sorts of things because the general public is not smart enough.” http://t.co/XRHyyQE4Ag

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) March 17, 2014

The Quinton Report received a significant…

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Ron George is accepting public funding for his campaign

Ron George is accepting public funding for his campaign

In late December, I reported first that Ron George was considering public financing for his campaign. The Washington Post later picked that up and reported it as a possibility for the George campaign. Nothing much was heard on that since then. In early February, Larry Hogan opted to receive public financing. On February 28, it was reported that David Craig is participating in public financing.

I…

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Shelley Aloi to be named Ron George's running mate this morning

Shelley Aloi to be named Ron George’s running mate this morning

At an 8 a.m. event at the Maryland Inn in Annapolis this morning, Delegate Ron George will name former Frederick alderman Shelley Aloi as his running mate in the Governor’s race. Aloi previously ran for mayor of Frederick.

Shelley Aloi currently works as a banking analyst. She is a graduate of Hood College with degrees in biochemistry and math. She worked at Ft. Detrick doing cancer and AIDS…

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Possible running mate for Ron George?

Possible running mate for Ron George?

  There had been rumors for a few weeks that former Baltimore County Republican Central Committee Chairman Tony Campbell might become Ron George’s running mate. George and Campbell both denied it on Twitter last week and I had heard about Campbell denials prior to that and also this week.

While Campbell has announced that he is running as a Republican for Baltimore County Executive, he has not f…

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