An unusual political matchup pitting Maryland’s only openly gay senator against a transgender woman has emerged as one of the more fiery races before the June 24 primary.
Sen. Richard Madaleno, the Democratic incumbent of District 18 in Montgomery County, faces a former county council aide, Dana Beyer, a retired surgeon and long-time transgender rights activist and lobbyist.
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said Monday he was “certainly open” to the idea of independent voters being allowed to vote in Maryland’s party primaries. In a radio interview, Brown also called charges of campaign finance violations by his campaign a “desperate deception technique, unfortunately by the attorney general.”
People with developmental disabilities have access to on-the-job training. But does the sub-minimum wage that they are paid mean that they are actually being exploited?; the Common Core standards continue to cause confusion as to their actual worth; phosphorus levels continue to rise in rivers that feed the Bay; early voting turnout is better than expected; news outlets begin to wrap up their primary candidate coverage. Today, Districts 1C, 2A, 4, 5, 31, 35B and 41; Brian Frosh outraises, outspends his attorney general primary race opponents; Doug Gansler plans to file a campaign finance violation complaint against both the Brown-Ulman campaign; Gov. O’Malley in New Hampshire; final debate between Arundel exec candidates Neuman and Schuh more cordial than before; and as primary nears, Schuh and Neuman open their wallets.
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