Category: Election
Analysis: Primary results were not as close as some polls showed; $300 per vote was not enough to win
It wasn’t even close. Polling in primaries when many voters are undecided and turnout is low is notoriously unreliable. Surveys were showing close Democratic races for the U.S. Senate and the 3rd Congressional District, but those weren’t even close.
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Trone, Alsobrooks campaign across state with competing endorsers
With the primary just days away, the Democratic race to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate went into its final stretch this week with both of the top candidates wooing voters in appearances across the state. In Howard County, both U.S. Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks brought along the elected Democrats who had endorsed them.
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Democratic Senate candidate Alsobrooks: ‘People who are closest to the pain are closest to solutions’
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks hopes to bring a new perspective to the U.S. Senate. Maryland voters will decide on May 14 if she’s prepared to make the leap.
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Democratic Senate hopeful Trone sees himself as progressive conciliator
Rep. David Trone views himself as an outsider in Congress. On May 14, Maryland voters will decide if the three-term lawmaker, self-described progressive and wealthy businessman is the right Democrat to try to retain a Senate seat for the party.
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Analysis: Elfreth draws fire from opponents
Sen. Sarah Elfreth is the woman to beat in the race for the 3rd Congressional District seat.
The state senator from Annapolis has drawn veiled criticism for her support by a multi-million dollar “dark money” pro-Israel super PAC, and direct criticism from a fellow state senator and opponent over alleged weak support of gun control legislation.
Harry Dunn looms large physically and financially in race for 3rd Congressional District
Harry Dunn is large – 6-foot-7, 300 pounds. He looks like the professional football player he once...
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Larry Hogan hits the road
Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan wrapped up his 10-day bus tour...
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Political predictions are foolhardy but demanded; Harry Dunn spends in 3rd CD; not heartbroken, angry
How many times can your heart be broken over the latest tragedy? Pick a tragedy – workers on Key Bridge, children, aid workers, journalists, pretty much everyone in Gaza, the victims of the latest mass shooting. Did you really think about the victims? To whom did you pray?
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Hogan’s run for U.S. Senate is all the buzz among former Capitol colleagues
Larry Hogan’s recent decision to run for U.S. Senate comes as a shock to many of the state’s lawmakers — especially Democrats who worked with the former Republican governor and think he wasn’t all that cooperative with the legislature.
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Nobody saw it coming – Hogan files for U.S. Senate
Having covered the man closely for the last decade, I took him at his word two years ago when he said he was not interested in being a U.S. senator. That was fully consistent with the Larry Hogan I had come to know since he launched Change Maryland in 2011.
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Maryland’s Hogan makes surprise entry into GOP race for US Senate
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will run for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Hogan, a Republican, announced his campaign on Friday via social media, releasing a video just nine hours before Maryland’s candidacy deadline and surprising a lot of political observers.
Gaza war protest briefly disrupts Columbia event for U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks
A handful of pro-Palestinian protesters shouting “Ceasefire now” briefly disrupted a campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks in Columbia on Saturday.
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