Cavey seeks top state GOP post
Chris Cavey, the chairman of the county Republican Central Committee, said Wednesday he will seek to replace Jim Pelura as the state party chairman.
Cavey said he sent letters to 243 Republican Central Committee members from around the state and met with four county committees last week. He has four more similar meetings scheduled for this week, including two Wednesday night.
“It’s just a campaign like any other campaign,” Cavey said. “I have 243 doors to knock on.”
Pelura, who has been under fire from fellow Republicans, including Cavey, announced he was resigning from the position effective Nov. 14, the date of the next statewide Republican central committee convention in Bowie. The new chairman will be elected at that meeting.
Cavey, who is first vice president of the state party, is the only announced Baltimore County candidate for the top GOP post in Maryland.
If he wins he will have to give up his role as chairman of the county party — a position he has held since he was appointed in December 2002.