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Maryland’s General Assembly will have the final say over the state’s next set of congressional and legislative maps, and legislative leaders’ bipartisan redistricting commission…

Four years ago, then-Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) struggled to rally county leaders behind his first run for governor. Only…

Political professionals in Maryland have focused intensely on the races for governor and — to a lesser extent — comptroller during the still-young 2022…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr (R) appointed Del. Ronald L. Watson Jr. (D-Prince George’s) to the state Senate Friday. “I am confident that Delegate…

Editor’s note: Maryland Matters reporters sat down with some of the candidates for governor at the recent Maryland Association of Counties conference. Interviews with…

Harford Sheriff

By Jeffrey R. Gahler The writer is the Harford County sheriff. I was appalled to read in a Maryland Matters article that Worcester County…

A highly-anticipated political ritual of the fall has been postponed due to the latest spike in COVID-19 cases. The Western Maryland Democratic Political Action…

Editor’s note: Maryland Matters reporters sat down with some of the candidates for governor at the recent Maryland Association of Counties conference. Interviews with…

The Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission is bringing on Nathaniel Persily, a nationally recognized expert on redistricting, to help draw up their congressional and legislative…

Several Maryland municipalities have moved to allow 16-year-olds to vote in local elections in recent years — and a new research network launched this…