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Cohen holds lead over Cordle in race for Annapolis mayor

Published 11/03/09

Democratic candidate Josh Cohen holds a slim 235 vote lead over his Republican rival, Dave Cordle, with all 16 of the city’s precincts reporting, unofficial results from the city show.

Shannon Lee Zirkle — The Capital
Democratic candidate Josh Cohen gives a victory speech while surrounded by his supporters Tuesday, at Loews Annapolis Hotel.
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Cohen has 3,729 votes while Cordle has 3,494. Independent challenger Chris Fox trails with 1,056.

"Today Annapolis voters sent a clear message that they want to raise the bar in City Hall," said Cohen, who promised to hire professional city manager and reign in spending.

Cordle said tonight he would wait to concede until he saw the official results and absentee ballot counts on Thusday.

"We are going to hold off...

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I'm disappointed - 2009-11-03 23:33:35

Mr. Cordle would have made a great mayor.

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JOSH COHEN !!!! - 2009-11-03 23:03:12

Great win . . . Great for Annapolis.

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So is this when - 2009-11-03 22:15:33

we unload the bad info about Cohen. Oh,thats right, only the ADCC plays by those rules.

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This a dark day - 2009-11-03 21:48:38

Congratualtions Cohen.

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Fox - 2009-11-03 21:42:16

Fox is soon going to be declared the winner : ) .

But let us never forget that Cohen was not Chosen by the people to run and the amount of voted for Cordle is proff of that . Zina was the one chose and would have won against Cordle by a sliding of the land.

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Nice reporting - 2009-11-03 21:27:52

They just put this up, but hello, at least 20 minutes ago the board of elections posted results from all 16 polling places. Talk about miling the story for as long as possible to keep readers coming back. Cohen 3729, Cordle 3494, and Fox 1056, and one write in vote.

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Cohen Won! - 2009-11-03 21:27:47

The city website results have Cohen as the unofficial winner by 200 some odd votes. After a short rest, he'll begin his campaign for the State Legislature.

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