Tag: Chris Van Hollen
Maryland lawmakers say Biden legacy was secured by decision to step aside
As the Democratic Party switches leaders from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris, Maryland lawmakers say the president’s political legacy was secured by his decision to end his reelection bid.
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Maryland Voters Guide: candidates for Congress
This is a voters guide for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. It includes links to the...
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Maryland Voters Guide: statewide candidates for governor, comptroller, attorney general, U.S. Senate
MarylandReporter.com is publishing this comprehensive list of statewide candidates for Maryland...
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Lott: Hogan would make a ‘potentially strong’ candidate for U.S. Senate
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Wednesday that a hypothetical Senate race between Gov. Larry Hogan and incumbent Democrat Chris Van Hollen could turn out to be quite competitive.
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Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation urge passage of legislation to posthumously award Medal of Honor to African-American WWII veteran
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation teamed up on Tuesday to emphasize their support for bipartisan legislation that would posthumously award the Medal of Honor to an African-American World War II veteran.
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State Roundup: More heat on Hogan aide severance; multiple mail problems
Lawmakers set hearing on pricey ‘severance’ payout to Hogan aide.
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Ehrlich: Trump’s threat to adjourn Congress could be a negotiating tactic
No U.S. president has ever exercised his authority to adjourn Congress.
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State Roundup: House of Delegates passes Kirwan education bill
Fifth Maryland case of covid-19 announced, as local advocates push for more help for elderly and homeless; Gov. Hogan set to hold another presser on the illness this afternoon; ban against discrimination based on natural hair set to pass; Maryland’s child support system could look to Colorado reforms for blueprint to overhaul; verbal sparring by legislative committee, lobbyist for Hogan over governor’s toll plan; and lawmakers push for changes to disclosure rules on police discipline records.
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Maryland faces prospect of no women in Congress
Today, the number of women in Maryland’s congressional delegation is down to two – and after Tuesday’s balloting, it could be zero. Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s career as the longest-serving woman in Congress is set to be followed by Maryland’s first all-male congressional delegation since 1973.
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Szeliga, Van Hollen debate on TV for U.S. Senate seat; Green Party candidate ejected
The only TV debate between the two major party candidates for U.S. Senate Wednesday night was what campaign debates used to be in the good old days before 2015. In an hour of crisp questioning, Republican Kathy Szeliga, minority whip of the House of Delegates from Baltimore County, and Democrat Chris Van Hollen, a seven-term congressman from Montgomery County, discussed a dozen different issues without rancor, interruptions or personal insults.
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3 Senate candidates together for first forum and maybe last time
They are equal on the November ballot, but the three candidates for U.S. Senate sat together on the same stage for the first and possibly last time Saturday at a forum in Columbia sponsored by an African American coalition. Dr. Margaret Flowers, a physician representing the Green Party, appeared with Republican nominee Kathy Szeliga, the House of Delegates minority whip, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic nominee to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski.
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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.”
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