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Out of State, Not Out of Mind: Senator Presses for Answers on Union PAC Cash

Frosh, Wolf Get Personal in Highly-Charged Law School Debate

Hogan to Lead Bridge-Naming Tribute for Senator He Snubbed at Funding Announcement

Jealous Releases Ethics Plan, But Lobbyist and GOP Hit Back Hard

With Help From Democratic Insiders and a Few Republicans, Colvin Hauls in Cash

Johns Hopkins Renews Push to Create Its Own Police Force

In Senate District with Tightest Race in 2014, Another Close Contest

Meet the One Person in Maryland With the Temerity to Challenge Peter Franchot

Frank DeFilippo: The Insidious Side Effects of Political Polls

Out of State, Not Out of Mind: Senator Presses for Answers on Union PAC Cash

State Unveils New Chesapeake Bay License Plate Design

Air Wars Rev Up in Trone-Hoeber Race

Frosh, Wolf Get Personal in Highly-Charged Law School Debate

Hogan to Lead Bridge-Naming Tribute for Senator He Snubbed at Funding Announcement

Jealous Is Part of the Rising Progressive Tide Around the Country

Josh Kurtz: Ike Age

Jealous Releases Ethics Plan, But Lobbyist and GOP Hit Back Hard

Franchot TV Ad Paints Dystopian View of Annapolis

With Help From Democratic Insiders and a Few Republicans, Colvin Hauls in Cash

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Josh Kurtz: Ben Jealous Is the Democratic Nominee for Governor. Remain Calm

A week after the election, Maryland Democrats are wondering whether their nominee, former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous, can defeat...

Frank DeFilippo: The Democrats' Paradox

Here’s the Democrats’ paradox going into the general election: The party’s oligarchs set up the vote but the voters nominated the wrong...

Somber from Week's Headlines, Dems Get Fired Up at Unity Rally

Democratic activists who came together in Montgomery County on Thursday night may have needed some solace. Their gathering, a quadrennial...

Jealous, Hogan Ready to Rumble

On the first full day of the fall campaign Wednesday, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) and his newly-minted challenger, Benjamin T. Jealous...

Jealous Disrupts the Machine, Offers Major Contrast to Hogan in November

Maryland Democrats turned to a full-throated progressive in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, selecting former NAACP president Benjamin T....

Candidates Ply Weary Supporters With Words of Inspiration -- and Pizza

Rushern L. Baker III and Benjamin T. Jealous, the Democratic frontrunners in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary, spent the weekend pumping...

Records: Union Cash Went to Aid Jealous, Liberal Candidates, Conservative Ministers' PAC

After failing to file campaign finance reports in Maryland for years, the New York-based political action committee for a health care...

The Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates on the Issues

The Democratic primary for governor is less than a week away. The candidates are all advancing progressive policy prescriptions. So how...

In Final TV Debate, Shea Declares Baker and Jealous 'Can’t Beat Larry Hogan'

The frontrunners in the Democratic gubernatorial primary found themselves under attack Thursday from rivals in the last televised debate...

Behind Ervin's Endorsement of Baker: 'Fire,' Fury and a Chance to Play Kingmaker

Maybe Valerie L. Ervin was never going to be elected governor this year. Deep down, she may have known it, even after she jumped into the...

Another Earthquake in Dem Race for Governor: Ervin to Withdraw, Back Baker

In another dramatic development in the unpredictable Democratic primary for governor, Valerie L. Ervin will abandon her bid on Wednesday...

As Primary Polls Tighten, Baker Presses His Case in Montgomery County

Some political professionals were puzzled when Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) endorsed white candidates from...

Analysis: Race for Governor Gets Serious and Voters Start to Pay Attention

Former Gov. Martin J. O’Malley (D) has finally weighed in, casting his lot with Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III....

Hogan Gets Rock Star Treatment at Annual Business Event

For Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), it must have been close to heaven: 700 cheering business leaders jammed into a ballroom Tuesday...

Dem Rivals Launch Tentative Attacks: 'It's Time for This Election to Take Shape'

With exactly three weeks to go until Maryland’s June 26 primary election, each of seven Democratic candidates for governor tried to...

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Out of State, Not Out of Mind: Senator Presses for Answers on Union PAC Cash

Frosh, Wolf Get Personal in Highly-Charged Law School Debate

Hogan to Lead Bridge-Naming Tribute for Senator He Snubbed at Funding Announcement

Jealous Releases Ethics Plan, But Lobbyist and GOP Hit Back Hard

With Help From Democratic Insiders and a Few Republicans, Colvin Hauls in Cash

Johns Hopkins Renews Push to Create Its Own Police Force

In Senate District with Tightest Race in 2014, Another Close Contest

Meet the One Person in Maryland With the Temerity to Challenge Peter Franchot

Frank DeFilippo: The Insidious Side Effects of Political Polls

Out of State, Not Out of Mind: Senator Presses for Answers on Union PAC Cash

State Unveils New Chesapeake Bay License Plate Design

Air Wars Rev Up in Trone-Hoeber Race

Frosh, Wolf Get Personal in Highly-Charged Law School Debate

Hogan to Lead Bridge-Naming Tribute for Senator He Snubbed at Funding Announcement

Jealous Is Part of the Rising Progressive Tide Around the Country

Josh Kurtz: Ike Age

Jealous Releases Ethics Plan, But Lobbyist and GOP Hit Back Hard

Franchot TV Ad Paints Dystopian View of Annapolis

With Help From Democratic Insiders and a Few Republicans, Colvin Hauls in Cash

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COMMENTARY

Josh Kurtz: Ben Jealous Is the Democratic Nominee for Governor. Remain Calm

Frank DeFilippo: The Democrats' Paradox

Somber from Week's Headlines, Dems Get Fired Up at Unity Rally

Jealous, Hogan Ready to Rumble

Jealous Disrupts the Machine, Offers Major Contrast to Hogan in November

Candidates Ply Weary Supporters With Words of Inspiration -- and Pizza

Records: Union Cash Went to Aid Jealous, Liberal Candidates, Conservative Ministers' PAC

The Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates on the Issues

In Final TV Debate, Shea Declares Baker and Jealous 'Can’t Beat Larry Hogan'

Behind Ervin's Endorsement of Baker: 'Fire,' Fury and a Chance to Play Kingmaker

Another Earthquake in Dem Race for Governor: Ervin to Withdraw, Back Baker

As Primary Polls Tighten, Baker Presses His Case in Montgomery County

Analysis: Race for Governor Gets Serious and Voters Start to Pay Attention

Hogan Gets Rock Star Treatment at Annual Business Event

Dem Rivals Launch Tentative Attacks: 'It's Time for This Election to Take Shape'

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