Category: Election
Millions of dollars raised In Maryland congressional races, but just a few real contests
Candidates in competitive congressional races in Maryland are raising millions ahead of the July 19 primary while Democratic incumbents in what are considered safe seats are using their fundraising power to support the party and its candidates elsewhere, Federal Election Commission filings show.
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8 state senators get free rides to reelection, with no opponents in primary or fall
For the second four-year election cycle in a row, Howard County Sen. Guy Guzzone, one of the most powerful legislators in Annapolis as chair of the Budget and Taxation Committee, has no opponent in the Democratic primary and no Republican challenger in the fall.
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Democrats for governor make lots of promises to win teachers union endorsement
The brief speeches at the Maryland State Education Association assembly on Saturday were clearly less important than the 20-page questionnaire the candidates had filled out to win the endorsement of the state’s largest union, the 76,000-strong educators.
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Millions in out-of-state donations help fuel high-profile Maryland Democratic governor candidates
By Stephen Neukam Capital News Service When Wes Moore, a Democratic candidate for Maryland...
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Maryland’s LG problem
This column appears in the February issue of The Business Monthly, serving Howard and Anne Arundel...
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Bipartisan furor over public funding of elections in Howard County
Here are three commentaries on problems with the public financing of this year’s local elections...
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Is a run for U.S. Senate Gov. Hogan’s next stop? Probably not, but here’s why it might succeed
With the candidate filing deadline for the 2022 election cycle in Maryland coming up Feb. 22, speculation continues over whether Larry Hogan will challenge incumbent Democrat U. S Senator Chris Van Hollen in a bid to be the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Maryland since 1980. Hogan has steadfastly denied interest serving in the Senate. Going from being chief executive to being just one of 100 senators neither fits his ambition nor his governing style, though he did run for Congress twice in the last century.
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Closed primaries leave no meaningful right to vote in Montgomery County
Most Montgomery County residents know the county’s voter registration records show that the Democratic Party dominates the registration, with 61% of the electorate. Less known, however, is that the second largest registration is for those who are ‘unaffiliated’ in their registration, numbering 22% of those registered. These 151,000 people have little choice when it comes to electing the next country executive and members of the County Council. The Republican Party claims only 14.7% of the total, slightly less than 100,000 voters, a number that has continued to fall.
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Gansler: SCOTUS likely to chip away at reproductive rights in Mississippi case
@BryanRenbaum Former state attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler...
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Schulz: ‘I don’t think that Marylanders want one party rule’
With Democrats having a solid vet0-proof majority in the General Assembly, the state’s voters might be better served by electing another Republican to succeed two-term incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan next year, according to state Commerce Secretary and GOP gubernatorial candidate Kelly Schulz.
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Gansler says his primary-election defeat would benefit Republicans
Gansler emphasized that he has proven progressive bonafides, such as having been an early supporter of same-sex marriage and having embraced police reform before it was fashionable. However, Gansler noted that the nomination does not always go to the candidate who is most ideologically pure.
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Redistricting group releases draft congressional maps
Common Cause added they hope the Legislature will release updated reopening guidelines for the upcoming special session.
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