Three prominent Marylanders — former NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous, Rep. Elijah Cummings, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer — each preached party unity as featured speakers on the first night of the Democratic National Convention Monday.
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Maryland delegates praise Trump’s GOP acceptance speech, feel invigorated
Moments after GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump finished his speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, Maryland delegates reacted with universal praise and optimism about his chances against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Md. delegation debates unity after Cruz non-endorsement
While Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was the headliner of the third night of the GOP convention, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump consumed the day-after conversations among the delegates from Maryland — and every other state. An embedded video adds voices of other delegates to the mix.
Ben Carson compares Hillary to Lucifer in GOP convention speech
It was the job he wanted: president of the United States. But Tuesday night, Dr. Ben Carson took the stage at Quicken Loans Arena in support of his one-time competitor, Donald Trump, as he became the Republican nominee for that very job. The message from the retired neurosurgeon was startling — by electing presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the United States would be choosing a person “who has as their role model somebody who acknowledges Lucifer.”
Maryland GOP Senate candidate backs Trump, but skips his convention
Instead of traveling to her party’s gathering where Donald Trump claimed the GOP’s presidential nomination Wednesday, Maryland House Minority Whip Kathy Szeliga decided to remain in her own state to focus on her campaign against Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Montgomery County for the open U.S. Senate seat. “I am a little sorry I couldn’t be there,” said Szeliga, who represents Baltimore County in the Maryland House of Delegates. “But I should be here (in Maryland) meeting voters.”
Maryland Republicans seek party unity as Trump’s nomination nears
As Donald Trump seems primed to accept the nomination as the GOP’s 2016 presidential candidate this week at the Republican National Convention, party leaders are eying a problem: finding a way to coalesce the base around the controversial business mogul.
GOP convention delegates support Trump’s choice of Pence for VP
Maryland GOP convention delegates are calling Donald Trump’s selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate a “good move” that fills in some policy and experience holes in the ticket.
Maryland’s unclaimed dead become body donors
Though Nancy’s Law never went further than five minutes in a committee hearing and a Facebook page, it exposed a little-known rule about what happens when you die in Maryland without a will.
Purple Line Divided: Silver Spring businesses stuck waiting
The $5.6 billion transit project is set to obliterate the Spring Center shopping center at the corner of 16th and Spring streets in Silver Spring, where Crest Opticians is one of 20 businesses that will have to make way for the line.
Purple Line Divided: Major impact on townhomes in Silver Spring
At least 16 townhomes on Arliss Street in Silver Spring have front yards that will be used to make way for the Purple Line. Construction for the 16.2-mile double-track light rail, which will run from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County, will take place just feet away from residents’ front doors.
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