Founding editor
Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
The three-hour virtual meeting was an early step in a federal environmental review process that is likely to take two years.
Party leaders are scheduled to address the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and By-laws Committee on Thursday afternoon, as the DNC looks to shake up the nominating process across the nation.
Jill Kamenetz has put out a short video urging Maryland Democrats to vote for anyone but Peter Franchot for governor.
Rep. David Trone’s district as currently drawn is the 189th most Democratic district in the country, suggesting it could be in play this fall.
Some of the most hard-fought elections in Maryland this year will be races for county executive in the state’s largest jurisdictions.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect updated calculations in the Franchot campaign’s take since mid-January. Two Democrats running for governor reported…
Bowie Mayor Tim Adams hasn’t added a dime of his own money to his campaign account since January.
Wes Moore called his friend Oprah Winfrey to tell her he was thinking of running for governor on Jan. 6, 2021. As they chatted,…
Two leading candidates for governor launched new TV ads on Tuesday, synthesizing their basic arguments.
Challenger Max Socol got his long sought-after one-on-one encounter with the Montgomery County incumbent Monday night — sort of.