On Tuesday, I did something I have not done in 10 years: Vote in a primary election. Since I was 18, I’ve always been registered to vote, and I’ve voted every chance I was given. However, since I started working as a reporter almost a decade ago, I have not been registered as a member of any political party. [...more]
Former Maryland first lady Kendel Ehrlich told a group of Republican women Wednesday that the campaign pitting her husband, ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich, against Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley “is going to be ugly.” [...more]
Before keynoting Thursday night’s GOP fundraiser, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a once and possibly future candidate for president, stopped at an Arnold ball park where ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich was watching son Drew’s baseball game. “I’m just a scout for the Red Sox,” Romney joked, before endorsing Ehrlich's re-election bid. [...more]
Alison Asti, the former head of the Maryland Stadium Authority, says she’s ready to take another crack at public office. She is reserving the possibility of staying out of both races, but said she’d be good for either job. [...more]
You could come up with a rating system of votes to identify the most liberal members of the Maryland General Assembly. Or you could just do it the easy way, and rely on the early endorsements on Wednesday by Progressive Maryland, the broad-based coalition of labor and other activist groups on the left. [...more]
O'Malley and Ehrlich differ on how much they've spent, but Len Lazarick has come upon a new comparison that doesn't count money put aside in "rainy day" funds for future budgets. [...more]
Blaine Taylor was a bit miffed when he read a Friday newspaper story linked in our roundup Monday morning. It mentioned Republicans hoping to challenge Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski, but none of the four Democrats, like him, willing to take on the four-term senator. [...more]
At an Ellicott City fundraiser, Sen. Mikulski and other Democrats talk about the keys to their strategy for November. [...more]
Sen. Andy Harris’s chief of staff, who has been running for the House of Delegates, will get to keep her job under a compromise reached with Senate President Mike Miller. [...more]
You've probably read that House Minority Whip Chris Shank plans a challenge to longtime Sen. Don Munson in the Republican primary this year. It appears that both men believe their bases are going to be following the debate online. [...more]
