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Moore’s Inauguration Showcases Maryland’s Diversit...
By Capital News Service | January 18, 2023 | News | 0 |
Maryland results: Van Hollen wins second term, one...
By Capital News Service | November 9, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Wes Moore becomes Maryland first Black governor
By Capital News Service | November 9, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Anthony Brown elected new Maryland attorney genera...
By Capital News Service | November 9, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Democracy, inflation, political dissatisfaction dr...
By Capital News Service | November 8, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Biden touts economic successes, blasts GOP policies as ‘extreme’
by Capital News Service | September 14, 2023 | News | 0 |
President Joe Biden on Thursday touted his economic policies and contrasted the results with what he called the Republicans’ “extreme” budget proposals to give more tax breaks to the wealthy and cut social programs.
Read MoreMoore’s Inauguration Showcases Maryland’s Diversity
by Capital News Service | January 18, 2023 | News | 0 |
With the historic inauguration Wednesday of the state’s first Black governor and Asian lieutenant governor, a diverse group of Marylanders arrived at the State House inspired by Wes Moore’s message of a more equitable state.
Read MoreMaryland results: Van Hollen wins second term, one US House race may surprise
by Capital News Service | November 9, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Most Maryland Democrats won the House races they were expected to win. The exception could be Rep. David Trone, who on Wednesday was trailing Republican challenger Neil Parrott in the 6th District, which stretches from Montgomery County into western Maryland.
Read MoreWes Moore becomes Maryland first Black governor
by Capital News Service | November 9, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Wes Moore, a best-selling author, Rhodes Scholar and Afghan war veteran who has never held elected office, was chosen Tuesday as the 63rd governor of Maryland and the first African American to hold the state’s highest office.
Read MoreAnthony Brown elected new Maryland attorney general
by Capital News Service | November 9, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown, a longtime Maryland political figure, was elected Tuesday as the state’s new attorney general, taking the place of Democrat Brian Frosh, who retired after holding the position for the past seven years.
Read MoreDemocracy, inflation, political dissatisfaction drives Marylanders to polls
by Capital News Service | November 8, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Although the diversity of candidates on the Democratic side of the ticket attracted some, others were more excited about the plans Wes Moore, lieutenant governor candidate Aruna Miller, comptroller candidate Brooke Lierman and Anthony Brown, running for attorney general, had for the state.
Read MorePresident Biden rallies in Maryland in last minute push for Democrats
by Capital News Service | November 8, 2022 | Election | 0 |
President Joe Biden, stomping here at a rally for the state’s Democratic candidates on the eve of Election Day, stressed the importance of voter turnout and the dangers of giving the power back to the Republican party.
Read MoreAboard the bus, Wes Moore hopes it leads to the governor’s mansion
by Capital News Service | October 28, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Days out from Election Day and with a 2-to-1 lead in the polls over his rival, Republican Dan Cox, Moore is still campaigning hard. The idea, according to Moore, is to ensure Marylanders across the state know that the Moore/Miller campaign is not, as his signature phrase goes, “leaving anyone behind.”
Read MoreMaryland residents head to polls on first day of early voting
by Capital News Service | October 27, 2022 | Election | 0 |
James Jackson, a retired veteran from Silver Spring, said the idea of saving democracy was paramount to him. Jackson said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June made him feel democracy was at risk.
Read MoreDisparate Maryland school board candidates united on teacher shortage concerns
by Capital News Service | October 24, 2022 | Election | 0 |
From Maryland’s western panhandle to its Eastern Shore – and from the political right to the left – Maryland’s school board candidates agree that the teacher shortage is one of the key issues they will have to confront if elected.
Read MoreThere’s a contest for U.S. Senate on the ballot. Really?
by Len Lazarick | October 22, 2022 | Election | 0 |
Fifty years ago, both U.S. Ssenators from Maryland were Republicans. In 1976, a Democratic congressman from Baltimore City named Paul Sarbanes took on incumbent Republican J. Glenn Beall and beat him with 59% of the vote. Sarbanes would hold on to that seat for 30 years, a record five terms for Maryland.
Read MoreParrott Fires Back at Trone after Congressman Attacks his Record
by Bryan Renbaum | October 11, 2022 | Election | 0 |
A 2021 report by the American Conservative Union (ACU) gave Trone a lifetime rating of 6% and Parrott a lifetime rating of 93%. A 2020 report by Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) gave Trone a lifetime rating of 85%. ADA does not rank state lawmakers so there was no score for Parrott.
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