Category: Election
Can a Republican mayoral candidate upset Brandon Scott?
Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 10-1 in Baltimore City, but Shannon Wright has convinced herself that she has a decent shot at defying those odds and becoming the city’s first GOP mayor since the 1960s.
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UPDATED 6/6: A few sitting judges face challengers in the fall, while others win both primaries
In a bizarre element of the judicial selection process, judges appointed by the governor run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries in the next election and can face challenges by other attorneys. Unaffiliated and third-party voters do not get to vote in the primary for judges, but they can vote for judges in the general election.
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Parrott highlights his legislative experience and independent streak ahead of GOP congressional primary
Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington) said his near decade-long experience in the legislature and his independent streak set him apart from the other Republican candidates in the race for Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District.
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Hot contests for judge shut out independent voters
Howard County this primary election has one of the most competitive races for circuit court judge in recent decades. Three lawyers are trying to defeat a sitting judge. Yet, more than 42,000 unaffiliated and third-party voters – 20% of registered voters – get no say on who sits on the bench.
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Roundup: Sun endorses Scott for mayor; Afro picks Dixon; contract tracing to start
Baltimore mayor objects to Trump visit to Fort McHenry for Memorial Day as city remains under stay-at-home order, and state prepares massive contact tracing effort.
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Young defends Baltimore’s response to coronavirus pandemic
@BryanRenbaum Baltimore Mayor Jack Young (D) defended the city’s response to the coronavirus...
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Baltimore mayoral candidate Mary Miller says Young responded too slowly to COVID-19
“I also think that we’ve been full off the mark in providing economic relief,” she said.
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Sitting judge faces challengers in process many judges want to change
John Kuchno is a trial judge in Ellicott City, handling the full range of criminal and civil cases. At least for now. He can only keep the job if he wins the June 2 primary and general election against three other local attorneys.
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Sen. Carter says progressive grassroots support could help her win Cummings’ seat, despite Mfume’s win
Sen. Jill Carter, D-Baltimore City, came in third place in last week’s Democratic special congressional primary but she said progressive grassroots support may be enough to put her over the top in her quest to succeed late Rep. Elijah Cummings.
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Marylanders used to be like Iowans in access to the candidates
There’s real value in seeing the candidates in person, like people do in Iowa. Long ago, that used to happen in Maryland.
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Delaney drops out of presidential race days before Iowa caucuses
Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney has withdrawn from the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, only days before the Iowa caucuses.
“It has been a privilege to campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, but it is clear that God has a different purpose for me at this moment in time,” he said in a statement released Friday morning.
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