Mark L. Widmyer was one of three Republicans elected in 2010 as a Judge to the three-member Allegany County Orphans Court. Widmyer declined to run for re-election in 2014, but instead ran for the office of Allegany County Commissioner. He was defeated in the June 24, 2014 Republican Primary.
Ed Hedrick was elected to the Cumberland City Council in 2000, and was re-elected in 2004. He chose not to seek re-election in 2008 for a third four-year term and left office in 2009. This billboard, which depicts both Hedrick and City Councilman Terry Rephann, was located at the entrance to the Narrows at the edge of the Cumberland city limits. The photograph was taken in October 2004. Rephann served from July 2000 to September 2007 when he resigned to accept employment out of the area.
Floyd "Pete" Elliott, 1926-2013, served on the Cumberland City Council for 20 years. He was elected to his first of six non-consecutive terms in 1986. In seeking re-election for 2010 he presented himself as "Experienced - Responsive - Dedicated – Respected.” Elliott was unsuccessful in his re-election bid to secure one of the three available city council seats.
Kevin Kelly, a Democrat, was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986 and served from 1987 through 1995 when he was unsuccessful in his re-election bid. Kelly was again elected to the House of Delegates, District 1-B, in 1998, and has served in the House of Delegates since 1999. As noted in this August 31, 2010 Cumberland Times-News campaign ad, Kelly promised "Decisive and Responsible Leadership" in his 2010 re-election campaign.
Donna May, a Republican, has been an elected Judge of the Allegany County Orphan's Court for 24 years, since 1986. On November 2, 2010 she was re-elected as the top vote-getter to another four-year term of office. The early campaign card depicted here, next to an October 17, 2010 Cumberland Times-News election advertisement, is from 1990. In the November 4, 2014 General Election, Donna May was re-elected to another four-year term as Judge of the Orphans' Court.
Craig Robertson, a Republican, noted in his 2010 bid for Sheriff of Allegany County that he has over 31 years of law enforcement experience, having served with the Cumberland Police Department and the Allegany County Sheriff's Office, having risen to the position of Lieutenant in the Sheriff's Office. As noted in an advertisement appearing in the August 31, 2010 edition of the Cumberland Times-News, he had the endorsement of the current and out-going Allegany County Sheriff, David A.
Rick Atkinson, a Republican, promised "Better Leadership And Attitude" if elected to the office of Allegany County Commissioner in 2010. Atkinson was unsuccessful in both the primary and as a write-in candidate in the November General Election.
Thomas David McNemar, a Republican candidate for the office of Allegany County Commissioner, lost in the September 14, 2010 Republican primary.
The September 14, 2010 Primary Election was characterized by several hotly contested campaigns leading up to the November 2, 2010 General Election. There were 16 people seeking to be elected to one of the three Allegany County Commissioner positions, and three candidates for Sheriff. The City of Cumberland had 9 candidates running for the three available seats on the City Council.
Mike McKay, a Republican, is a candidate for the office of Allegany County Commissioner in 2010. A local businessman and dry cleaner who promises a "Refreshing Change", he has as his campaign motto, "Vote for Clean Politics", with the slogan, "Ironing out the wrinkles of old policies". McKay won in the September primary and on November 2, 2010 was the General Election's top vote-getter in a Republican sweep of the three member Board of Allegany County Commissioners.
Ronald Lohr, a Democrat, was an unsuccessful candidate in the November 2, 2010 General Election for the Maryland House of Delegates, District 1C. Lohr promoted himself as the "Voice of the People", pledging "I Want To Work For You".