Chestertown’s John LaFerla won a straw poll at a democratic party forum in Salisbury Wednesday night against his opponents Wendy Rosen of Cockeysville and Kim Letke of Joppa to take on Rep. Andy Harris in November. The event, which was sponsored by the Democratic Clubs in Worcester and Somerset Counties, was the first of a number of town meetings being held for voters to meet the candidates prior to the democratic primary election on April 3rd.
With forty-nine of the sixty-seven attendees participating, LaFerla had thirty-six votes, Rosen twelve, and Letke with one.
The next forum will be sponsored by the Democratic Club of Queen Anne’s County at the Grasonville Community Center at 7 PM.
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