Baltimore [City] GOP is recruiting, raising money [for unprecedented chance to win council seats]

The Baltimore Sun ^ | 5-27 | Doug Donovan

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Baltimore GOP is recruiting, raising money

Council chances seen as better in new districts; 'We should be able to elect three'; Party intends to field candidates in 17 top races

By Doug Donovan
Sun Staff
Originally published May 27, 2003, 9:37 PM EDT

Baltimore's Republican Party, which hasn't won a city office in 36 years, is recruiting candidates and raising money in hopes of taking advantage of unprecedented changes in the electoral map and calendar. Republican officials said they believe that having a GOP governor in the statehouse, new single-member council districts and a peculiar 14-month lag between the primary and general election provides the party with its best chance in years to win a seat on the City Council.

The Baltimore City Republican Central Committee held a candidate recruitment meeting Thursday, but refused to reveal the names of potential candidates.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Bawlamer is a cesspool. A city with beautiful architecture peopled with panhandlers and drug-addicts once you get a block beyond the Inner Harbor. I couldn't believe I saw people apparently "dealing" right in front of City Hall the last time I was there. The city's last Republican Mayor (who also served as Governor) was an ultra-RINO (served from 1963-67). His children worked hard to elect KKT as Governor last year, disgraceful.