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Winning the primary in Baltimore essentially guarantees victory for the city’s Democratic politicians, often making for an uncompetitive general election in November. That’s why…

As Tuesday’s unprecedented primary loomed, a ballot dropoff box and elections office in downtown Baltimore closed early Monday due to safety concerns over protests….

One of the races on the 2020 primary ballot in Maryland has voters vote directly on delegates to party national conventions. In the 2016…

Primary day is almost here — though in actuality it’s been here for a few weeks, depending on where you live and how promptly…

A talk with Doc Trump about the coronavirus pandemic is like a visit to a good psychiatrist: Nothing very much happens, but it’s supposed…

In Wisconsin last month, voters lined up for hours, risking COVID-19 contagion and worse, to elect a member of the state Supreme Court. The…

As with most things in Maryland, COVID-19 derailed the state’s primary election, leaving many campaigns scrambling to reach voters from a safe distance for…

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t upended President Trump’s plans to hold a Fourth of July celebration in the nation’s capital this summer. The White House…

Rep. Kweisi Mfume has started in Congress twice. The second time he donned a protective blue mask as he walked onto the U.S. House…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) is getting a new chief of staff, his fourth since taking office in January 2015. Hogan announced Tuesday…