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Conservatives make gains in school board races
Conservative school board candidates saw sweeping wins across Maryland this week, defying expectations in the largely blue state and solidifying the influence of the 1776 Project PAC, the Republican-aligned organization that endorsed 19 candidates statewide
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Maryland voters will send three newcomers to US House, but one race in limbo
Three newcomers will join the Maryland delegation in the House in January – but it remained unclear near midnight Tuesday whether one would break the Democratic hold on the 6th Congressional District.
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Marylanders are hard at work in Pennsylvania, the swing state next door
The true-blue state of Maryland doesn’t present much of a contest for Vice President Harris as she runs for president against Donald Trump. But Democrats and Republicans alike want to make a difference in the election, so they’re leveraging their location to help out just a few miles north.
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These voters are fired up to vote – on their own darn turf
Election Day will be a long day’s work for Election Judge Laura Evans. Her job is to help relay election results from her island home in the Chesapeake Bay to the mainland by the end of the night.
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Almost a million Marylanders turn out for early voting, up from past two presidential elections
About 23 percent of eligible voters in Maryland have already voted in the lead-up to Election Day, a Capital News Service analysis of unofficial early voting data from the State Board of Elections found.
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Election forecasters signal trouble for Maryland GOP hopes
Maryland isn’t typically fertile ground for Republicans hoping to reach Congress.
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On gender identity in schools, Maryland school board candidates are divided
The culture war erupting around the nation about transgender rights is being fought in Maryland’s school districts, too.School boards that set policy for those districts face a dilemma: Do they prioritize a student’s autonomy over their identity or the parents’ right to know who that child really is?
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Poll workers are in high demand – especially Maryland Republicans
As local election boards work around the clock to recruit and train workers before early voting starts next week, some Maryland counties are facing pressure to hire more Republican election judges.
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In deep-blue Prince George’s County, running as a Republican is tough. Michael Riker is trying anyway.
When discussions finished at a local town hall, Michael Riker, 61, grabbed his home-designed palm cards and hustled to the door. Dressed in an oversized gray suit and sporting a yellow tie with “We the People” printed on it, Riker stumped for votes mainly by commiserating with disgruntled attendees.
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Walz, Harris’s VP pick, draws plaudits from Maryland Democrats, scorn from most Republicans
Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday won praise from Maryland Democrats, who pointed to the governor’s experience and approach to politics as key assets in the fall campaign.
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Maryland Democrats praise Biden’s withdrawal, Republicans blast Harris over border
Maryland Democrats on Sunday quickly praised President Joe Biden’s sudden decision to withdraw from the presidential race just weeks before the Democratic National Convention and some immediately backed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s new standard-bearer.
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Difference Between Democrats and Republicans: A Tale of Two Bridges
Larry Hogan is playing a duplicitous game with Maryland voters. He says he’s running for the U.S. Senate as an “independent Republican,” not to serve any one party, but, “to fix our nation’s broken politics.”
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