Just a week after she won re-election to the state Senate, Nancy Jacobs' Democratic opponent in the general election is claiming that the three-term incumbent Republican intends to retire before the end of her upcoming term. Democratic candidate Art Helton initially told Patch after his Nov. 2 election defeat that he believes Jacobs will step down early. He maintained those statements on Monday, saying political sources in Annapolis have led him to level the accusation at Jacobs. "She had every intention that she wanted to run and win back this seat and retire and let the party name a …

Diana Broomell is going from Main Street to the County Seat—across the Susquehanna River. The manager of the Havre de Grace Main Street, Inc.—a non-profit organization that oversees economic development and historical preservation in Havre de Grace—is popular enough in Havre de Grace to contend in a local election. But Broomell, a Cecil County resident of nearly 30 years, won the Cecil County District 4 race for county commissioner Tuesday. She defeated former Cecil County Public Schools superintendent Carl Roberts by taking just less than 55 percent of the ballot. In arguably the largest …

Shortly after declaring victory Tuesday night, Sheriff Jesse Bane sat down to talk with Patch about winning a second term

Nancy Jacobs has claimed victory in the race for the District 34 State Senate seat. Jacobs trailed by a narrow margin in Harford County as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. But a strong performance in Cecil County went a long way towards victory for the incumbent. "Cecil County has always been good to me, but Harford has always been good to me too," Jacobs said. "I have a lot of Democrats in my district. I'm excited." Jacobs stood behind her campaign against Democratic challenger Art Helton, who said Tuesday night he "lost Cecil fairly big." "I was satisfied with my campaign. I did every conceivable thing…

Update (11:59 p.m.)—Harford County Sherriff Jesse Bane took a phone call around 11 p.m. Tuesday at Enotria in Forest Hill. He disappeared outside momentarily, and returned nodding his head to screams and cheers from the gathering inside. "You'll have to look at me for four more years," Bane said. Bane read the numbers off a sheet of paper: "45,164 for me, and 42,606 for the opponent." Bane declared victory with 51 percent of the vote despite roughly 4,200 absentee and provisional ballots uncounted. "I don't think that's going to be a problem," Bane said. "I think we can declare victory and …

September's primary election proved to be David Craig's strongest challenge to remain in office. The County Executive declared victory at headquarters at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. After taking nearly two-thirds of the Republican vote against Robert Wagner and Fred Silva, Craig could end Tuesday with nearly 90 percent of the general election vote against Constitution Party candidate Mark Fisher. "Tonight's going to be a good night," said Craig, who entered the headquarters to Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's "I Won't Back Down." "I can tell you that we've won," Craig said in his victory speech…

Mary-Dulany James won a fourth term for state delegate in District 34A Tuesday night, leading a pack of four candidates for two positions in Annapolis. James had 29 percent of the votes in the four-person race for two seats with 10 percent of precincts left to report at 1 a.m. Wednesday The Havre de Grace native stood behind what she called a positive campaign. "I look at this as a huge victory for me. One, they responded to me. And two, I didn't have to go negatively," James said. "I tribute that to my voters. I think they do respond. If they're given a choice, they will choose [the positive…

Havre de Grace native Mary Ann Lisanti won a second term on the County Council Tuesday night. Shortly after midnight, Lisanti was comfortable with a 450-vote advantage over Republican challenger Sheryl Davis Kohl. "It doesn't look like there's anywhere near enough [in the absentee ballots] to make a difference," Lisanti said. "We're confident we'll prevail at this point." Lisanti had 6,841 votes to Davis Kohl's 6,392. Lisanti will continue to represent her hometown as the representative for District F on the seven-person county council, on which she is just one of two Democrats. "In the rural…

Voters who selected "Hopkins" for Register of Wills on their ballot picked a winner. As long is it was Derek, and not Tom, for whom you cast your ballot. In what was the most crowded primary race in the county, Derek Hopkins has defeated Tom Hopkins to replace Harry Hopkins—no relation between the three—as Register of Wills. Derek had also received Harry's endorsement in February. Derek told Patch at approximately 8:10 p.m. that Tom had called him to concede. "That was a mindblower," Derek told Patch later. "Tom seems to be a very top-notch guy ... from those few seconds on the phone, he's a…

Here's a snapshot of Havre de Grace voters, who they voted for and why. Name: Lee Edmonds Age: 32 Home: Havre de Grace Profession: Stay-at-home mom Who they voted for: Jesse Bane for Sheriff, Martin O'Malley for Governor Why: "If it was on TV, I knew what was going on. Then I'd look up facts to see if they were right," Edmonds said of her election education process. --- Name: Jaeson Smith Age: 25 Home: Havre de Grace Profession: Health Specialist Who they voted for: Art Helton for State Senate Why: "I see him around and I talk to him a lot. His presence. He's pretty down to earth," Smith said…