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.
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Eight state legislators are running in congressional primaries in three separate districts this spring. Maryland Matters has been checking in with all of them…
Governor to headline an upcoming fundraiser for the Prince George’s County executive’s U.S. Senate campaign.
Some elected officials were surprised and disappointed that they were left off the list of officially sanctioned Biden delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
VoteVets PAC has helped elect scores of Democratic military veterans to public offices, including Gov. Wes Moore (D) and state Attorney General Anthony Brown (D).
Two powerful Black officeholders from Prince George’s turn against their county executive, while The Washington Post editorial board takes sides in the primary.
District 3 Democratic forum puts all of the candidates on equal footing, at least for an evening. Hometown lawmaker Elfreth wins the straw poll.
The two open-seat races have clearcut frontrunners, at least on the financial front.
With less than a month till the May 14 primary, fundraising, endorsements, ad wars in the race to replace Rep. John Sarbanes (D) is at a fevered pitch. Forum set for Wednesday evening in Annapolis.
U.S. Rep. David Trone (D) has spent almost $42 million of his own money so far, while Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) and former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) have raised money at a fast clip.