Frank K. Nethken

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Frank K. Nethken was the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1978 to 1982.

Nethken was a 2 time Candidate for Congress for Maryland's 6th congressional district in 1990 and in 1992, losing both times in the Primaries of those years. He ran for a United States Senate seat in Maryland in 1994, but dropped out before the 1994 primary due to family problems. He ran for mayor again in 2006 but came in 3rd place in the November general election. After losing as mayor in 1982 ,he also ran for County Commissioner and City Council but lost in those races as well in unknown years.

On July 24, 2007, Nethken filled to run for Congress at the Federal Election Commission in Washington, DC and the Maryland State Board of Elections in Annapolis against Roscoe Bartlett in the 2008 Primary Election. This was his 3rd time running for Congress.

However, on September 7, 2007 Frank Nethken annouched he has dropped out of the Congressional Race and plans on moving to Arizona. He also announced that he is running for President of the United States of America.[1]

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Preceded by
F. Perry Smith, Jr.		 Mayor of Cumberland
1978-1982		 Succeeded by
George M. Wychoff, Jr.


Mayors of Cumberland
John Scott | Samuel Magill Roger Perry | John Gephart | John Wright (mayor) | Gustavus Beall | Frederick Deems | Samuel Charles | James Smith (mayor) | John Gephart | Thomas Shriver | Thomas F. White | Thomas Shriver | Daniel Saylor | John Hayes (mayor) | F. B. Tower | A. L. Withers | William Wallace McKaig | Joseph H. Tucker | James W. Jones | D. W. McCleary | John Humbird | Charles Mynn Thruston | Charles H. Ohr | James Smith (mayor) | Charles H. Ohr | George Harrison (mayor) | John Humbird | Lloyd Lowe William Piatt | John B. Widener | William A. Withers | William R. McCulley | John Humbird | William A. Withers | William McMahon McKaig | David J. Blackiston | Warren C. White | Clarence M. King | William A. Cromwell | Clarence M. King | George A. Kean | George A. Young | Thomas W. Koon | George Henderson (mayor) | George W. Legge | Thomas W. Koon | Harry Irvine | Thomas F. Conlon | Thomas S. Post | Roy W. Eves | J. Edwin Keech | Earl D. Chaney | Thomas F. Conlon, Jr. | F. Perry Smith, Jr. | Frank K. Nethken | George M. Wychoff, Jr. | Harry Stern | Edward C. Athey | Lee N. Fiedler