Jim Shalleck

The Montgomery County Republican Party elected two new members to their central committee Tuesday evening.

Fourteen of the 17 central committee members were present at Tuesday’s meeting. Both new members, Jim Shalleck and Scott Dyer were elected to fill the two vacant District 39 seats on the committee.

“I look for a history of leadership,” said Dan Willard in an interview with PolitickerMD.com. Willard serves as 1st vice chair of the MCRP central committee. “People follow passion.”

The two seats opened when one committee member moved out of state and another resigned.

UPDATE: McCain's Maryland campaign director Jim Shalleck has just confirmed to PolitickerMD.com that the candidate will be at the dinner by 7:00 p.m.

As Sen. John McCain is scheduled to make a 3:00 p.m. speech to the 2008 CPAC conference in Washington D.C., rumors are circulating that he will make a surprise appearance at the Baltimore County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner this evening in Halethorpe.