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      <excerpt> OCEAN CITY -- Congressman Frank Kratovil visited Ocean City to review firsthand the resort&amp;#39;s heavily ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> To Rep. Frank Kratovil: Thank you for sticking up for small businesses and working people in the 1st District and voting no for the bill that is, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Frank Kratovil (D-Md.) would be one of the first Democrats to go if Republicans make significant gains in 2010, and a new poll shows he has reason for concern. The Tarrance Group poll, which was conducted for state Sen. Andy Harris&#8217;s (R) campaign and </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I&amp;#39;m an environmental activist, I write bi-weekly columns for our college paper The Diamondback, I&amp;#39;m currently working with the Sierra Club on getting Frank Kratovil elected in the 1st Congressional District Race, and I&amp;#39;ve done alot of ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>To be honest, I&amp;#39;d never heard of Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) until I received this from another blogger in my inbox. Apparently Kratovil represents a pretty conservative (or at least Republican) district and his seat is vulnerable coming ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Bottom line: Frank Kratovil took an oath to uphold the Constitution, but I can&amp;#39;t find anywhere in the document where it says health care is a right. Voting no on this go-round is good, but showing leadership against this intrusion into ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The Infamous 53 are led by U.S. Rep. Debbie &amp;#39;Dubbya&amp;#39; Wasserman-Schultz, the leader of the equally infamous Gang of 66. The 53, like the Gang of 66, are anti-Cuba, and take cash &amp;quot;contributions&amp;quot; from the fascist U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>A new poll out today from &amp;#39;08 nominee Andy Harris&amp;#39; (R) camp shows him leading Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD 01) 52-39% in the Eastern Shore-based CD, adding to mounting signs that the environment has shifted dramatically in the GOP&amp;#39;s favor ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>FL-02: Al Lawson, the African-American state Senator who&amp;#39;s challenging Blue Dog Rep. Allen Boyd in a Democratic primary, is out with an internal poll via The Research Group that actually gives Lawson the lead: 35-31. Boyd was a vote against  health ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Meanwhile, one junior Democrat who is in serious danger next year is Rep. Frank Kratovil. In 2008, Kratovil won a tiny victory in a district McCain won by 18%, mostly because of dramatic divisions among Republicans. ...</excerpt>
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