Karen and Art Oertel used to organize crab feasts for Republican U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest from their family’s Harris Crab House and seafood plant on the waterfront at Kent Narrows six miles east of the Bay Bridge. But no more.

The Oertels hosted a fundraiser Thursday at the restaurant for state Sen. Andy Harris – no relation – and helped raise over $50,000 for one of the nine-term congressman’s best funded challengers ever. Besides the crab cakes, fried oysters and rockfish, the main dish on the menu was former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, who dished out praise for Harris and barbs to Gilchrest.

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