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Marc B. Elrich, an unconventional and unscripted politician who has often plowed a lonely road in Montgomery County politics, was sworn in Monday as…

Frederick County’s second county council will have a few new faces, and a new Democratic majority. Four years after the county’s transition to charter…

New Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman (D), who cut his teeth as a community organizer in Chicago and Des Moines, Iowa, urged his…

Wearing a pin given to him by the widow of the late county executive Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County’s new executive took the oath of…

The upset defeat of outgoing Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh (R) is an Annapolis lobbying firm’s gain. Cornerstone Government Affairs on Monday announced…

The Maryland Democratic Establishment has taken it on the chin quite a few times in the last few months. There was Benjamin T. Jealous’…

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) steps down Monday after 12 years in office, ending a political career that goes back more than 30 years….

There’s a new political game in town. It’s called Larrymandering. Redistricting is legalized bodysnatching. Most politicians understand this. Both parties play the game. Gov….

Maryland Republicans who knew President George H.W. Bush reflected on their interactions with the nation’s 41st president this weekend as the nation mourned his passing at the age…

Following a tense Saturday morning balloting session, Maryland Democrats elected a new party leader, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings — rebuking the favorite of the party…