Del. Paul D. Corderman (R-Washington) is likely to become Maryland’s newest state senator following a vote Tuesday night by the Washington County Republican Central Committee.
The GOP panel nominated Corderman to replace former Sen. Andrew Serafini (R), who resigned late last month so he could focus on his family and his business.
Del. Paul Corderman (R-Washington). Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.
The Hagerstown Herald-Mail first reported the news of Corderman’s nomination late Tuesday night. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), who formally makes the appointment, is expected to go along with the central committee’s recommendation.
Corderman and Del. William Wivell (R) had applied to fill the vacancy. The third delegate in District 2, which takes in much of Washington County, Neil C. Parrott (R), is currently running for Congress.
“The Committee had a very difficult choice between two outstanding State Delegates who have been been previously nominated by our committee, appointed by the Governor, and affirmed by the voters of their districts for their current Delegate Seats,” Jerry DeWolf, Washington County’s GOP chairman, said in a statement. “Both Delegates Bill Wivell and Paul Corderman are faithful public servants for the citizens of Washington County, and our committee holds them both in the highest esteem!”
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Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
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