Inauguration Gallery: Prayer in the morning, speeches at midday, a purple surfboard at night
Below is a gallery of 19 photos from Gov. Larry Hogan’s second inauguration, most of them...
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Jan 17, 2019 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
Below is a gallery of 19 photos from Gov. Larry Hogan’s second inauguration, most of them...
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Dec 15, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
“You may roll your eyes at this, but as the state tax collector I received more votes for state office than any Marylander in history,” Comptroller Peter Franchot gleefully told a sold-out BWI Business Partnership breakfast Friday morning. “And if you bump into Governor Hogan, could you tell him I happened to get 300,000 more votes than he did.”
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Dec 6, 2018 | Election 2018, General Assembly, News | 0 |
The fresh crop of newly elected senators and delegates began two days of orientation at the State House Wednesday. The poster above by the Department of Legislative Services is the first compilation of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly with names, districts and photos. A printable set of photos and districts is at the bottom of the story.
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Dec 2, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
It was a weepy celebration in Ellicott City Friday, as Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman’s official portrait was unveiled in the county seat. Not only did it mark a jarring halt to a political career that some had seen going all the way to the State House as governor. It also marked a 32-year low point for the Republican Party in Howard County.
Read Moreby Capital News Service | Nov 8, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
Gov. Larry Hogan picked up a greater proportion of the vote in every county than he did in 2014. Voter turnout increased in every county. The Republican governor got a greater proportion of those new votes and also pulled in non-Republican voters. He got a greater proportion of early votes, too.
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Nov 7, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
An exuberant, exultant, emotional Gov. Larry Hogan, with bear hugs for everyone in sight, effused one of the stellar quotes of the campaign in a 5-minute victory speech Tuesday night. “Tonight in this deep blue state, in this blue year, with a blue wave, it turns out I can surf and we had a purple surfboard.”
Read Moreby Meg Tully | Nov 1, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
State Sen. Gail Bates is asking for answers about a breach of security at Howard County Courthouse involving Register of Wills Byron Macfarlane at the end of September. Howard County Sheriff’s Office deputies found a group of 15 to 20 in the courthouse with an access pass from Macfarlane, said Major Donald Knott, chief deputy. At the time the courthouse was closed and Macfarlane was not present.
Read Moreby Maryland Reporter | Oct 19, 2018 | Commentary, Election 2018, News | 1 |
An Oct. 17 article in the Maryland Reporter on Attorney General Brian Frosh asks: AG Frosh’s broad legal power: Partisanship or ‘long overdue’? The correct option, though unstated, is: “unconstitutional.”
Read Moreby Capital News Service | Oct 17, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 1 |
The Maryland General Assembly gave Attorney General Brian Frosh broad authority to sue the federal government in 2017, and he has used it aggressively. Is it just partisan pursuit of President Trump or were the expansive powers just catching up with what AGs in most states are permitted to do?
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Oct 16, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
Here are a variety of guides for voters to choose their candidates. Registration is over Tuesday, Oct. 16, but voters can also register and vote during early voting, which begins Thursday, Oct. 25. If readers find other useful guides for this year’s election, please forward the URL hyperlink to Len@MarylandReporter.com.
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Oct 14, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
At a brief press conference Friday, a reporter asked Democratic nominee for governor Ben Jealous about polls showing him far behind Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the race for governor. Jealous shrugged it off, saying he was about in the same position as Hogan was four years ago before his upset victory. That’s not what a comparison of poll results from the two elections shows.
Read Moreby Len Lazarick | Oct 10, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan overwhelms Democratic challenger Ben Jealous by wide double digit margins in two new independent polls released Tuesday by Gonzales Research and Media Services and by the Washington Post-University of Maryland. Gonzales has Hogan winning 54% to 36%; the Post has the governor ahead 58% to 38%. Both polls found few voters undecided four weeks out from Election Day, 8% undecided in Gonzales, 5% by the Post.
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