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2004
Press Releases & Other Stories of Interest
July 8, 2004:
Democratic Delegate Wins Ehrlich’s
Support; Bay Weekly
July 7, 2004:
Kullen Appointed to the House of
Delegates; Office of the Governor
Dock of the Bay
Democratic Delegate Wins Ehrlich’s Support
Sue Kullen to be Calvert’s first woman in the General Assembly
July 8,
2004 -- It’s taken the votes of only a handful of people to win political
newcomer Sue Kullen the job of representing northern Calvert County in the
Maryland House of Delegates.
On June 24, a majority of the 10-member Calvert County Democratic Central
Commitee voted to recommend Kullen, one of six applicants, to the governor
to fill the remaining two-and-a-half-year term George Owings had
relinquished to head Maryland’s Department of Veterans Affairs.
This week, Gov. Robert Ehrlich cast the deciding vote. After meeting in
Government House with the 44-year-old self-employed disabilities advocate,
Ehrlich confirmed her appointment.
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photo by Louis Llovio
Maryland’s newest delegate, Sue Kullen, fills the seat of Calvert’s
George Owings, who’s moves on to head Maryland’s Department of
Veterans Affairs. |
“I am
confident that Sue Kullen will represent the people of Calvert County with
honesty, integrity and fairness,” Ehrlich said. “I look forward to working
with her in the coming months as a member of Maryland’s General Assembly.”
Kullen is now planning a public swearing-in that, she said, “is going to
be a celebration for Calvert.”
“I’m the county’s first woman delegate, and it’s a new day,” she said.
“It’s our 350th anniversary. We appreciate the past as we look into the
future.”
Her issues for the future are, she said, an “educational focus on the
whole child,” the environment and safe highways.
Anticipating the governor’s promised approval, Kullen went to work early.
In Calvert’s 350th anniversary celebration July 3, she did her first
ribbon cutting. With a portentous snip of the scissors, she opened for
public inspection at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum the reconstructed
office of Calvert’s longest serving politician, Louis Goldstein, late
comptroller and legendary Mr. Maryland.
Come 2006, Kullen will have to win 51 percent of the vote in a district
35,000 people strong. She faces a certain challenge from Republicans,
who’d love to make history of their own by taking a Democratic seat. She
could also have primary opposition within her own party to keep her seat.
Maryland’s longest serving senate president, Mike Miller, who heads
Kullen’s delegation, offered the new delegate advice that could have come
from Mr. Maryland. “I’d take my case to the people immediately, knocking
on doors of Democrats and Republicans alike, introducing myself and
starting to raise some campaign funds. The Republicans will come after her
with everything they’ve got.”
That, said Kullen, was just what she was planning to do. As well as
reaching out to organized groups, she’s proposing weekly office hours at
both of Calvert’s locally owned Common Grounds coffee houses. Meet her
there or set your own date. “Call me,” says Kullen: 410-586-9575;
psue@prodigy.net.
—SOM
: BayTimes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Kullen Appointed
to House of Delegates
Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., today appointed Sue
Kullen to the House of Delegates representing District 27B in Calvert
County. Kullen will serve out the remaining term of George W. Owings, III,
who resigned his seat to accept appointment as Secretary of Veterans Affairs
effective June 1, 2004. Kullen will serve the remainder of a term of four
years beginning January 8, 2003.
"I am confident that Sue Kullen will represent the
people of Calvert County with honesty, integrity and fairness. I look
forward to working with her in the coming months as a member of Maryland's
General Assembly," said Governor Ehrlich.
Kullen, 44, spent 12 years with the Arc of Maryland
Southern Maryland, holding various manager and director positions and seven
years as a private international consultant and trainer. Kullen served 10
years as a Governor's appointee on the Maryland Developmental Disabilities
Planning Council. Kullen is active in her home county of over 20 years,
including volunteer work and 10 years on the Governor's Run Community
Association Board of Directors. Sue Kullen holds a Bachelor of Science in
Education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in
Administration from the University of Maryland, University College. Kullen
resides in Port Republic with her husband of 20 years.
In the event of a vacancy between elections in the
office of Delegate, the Central Committee chooses a successor for the party
and district with which the incumbent has been affiliated. The Committee has
30 days from the effective date of the vacancy to make a nomination, and the
Governor is directed by law to make the appointment within 15 days of the
receipt of the nomination.
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