The Lollar-Timmerman team for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Maryland won a key straw poll yesterday at the conclusion of the Maryland State Republican Party convention in Bethesda.
Yesterday’s straw poll at the Party’s spring convention marks the last gathering of the State GOP leadership before the June 24 gubernatorial primary. Elected representatives from all 23 counties and Baltimore City cast their votes in yesterday’s poll in favor of the Lollar-Timmerman team.
“We are grateful for this tremendous show of support from the elected leadership of the Maryland GOP,” said gubernatorial candidate Charles Lollar, a Charles County businessman and reserve officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
“Today’s poll results mirror the sentiment we have been hearing from grass roots supporters across the state,” Lollar added.
Conservative Carroll County Commissioner Richard Rothschild enthusiastically endorsed the Lollar-Timmerman ticket on Friday night. “Everywhere I go, people have told me they are supporting Lollar-Timmerman,” Commissioner Rothschild said. “Those are the only names I hear.”
Both Lollar and Timmerman were attending other events on Saturday, but delegates at the state party convention erupted in cheers, jumping to their feet when they heard the results.
This latest straw poll victory from central committee members from across the state follows on the heels of a victory at the annual convention of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women in Calvert County.
The Lollar-Timmerman team has also won three successive Montgomery County GOP straw polls, including one on March 26 following the only debate where all four GOP gubernatorial candidates showed up.
“Ken and I thank you for your support and we will not let you down as we march to victory in November,” Lollar said.
 
