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Did the Democrats help a vulnerable incumbent by redrawing the Senate district map?

It may be an arranged marriage of convenience, but state Sen. Katie Fry Hester (D-Howard) and some of the Democratic constituents she could wind up representing seemed delighted to meet each other on Monday.

The chairs of the joint legislative committee charged with approving a universal masking mandate in schools called on Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr (R)…

Education

With overwhelming support from members of the Maryland State Board of Education, students and staffers will be subject to a universal masking mandate for…

State Del. Warren E. Miller, a Republican who has represented a rural and suburban district in Howard and Carroll counties for 17 years, announced…

Is attorney and conservative activist Liz Matory, who has run for Congress three different times in three different districts over the last three election…

Many Democrats helped smooth the way for Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s robust reelection margin in 2018. One of the most prominent: Then-Montgomery…

A Carroll County senator has conceded a close race in District 9. Sen. Gail H. Bates (R) posted to Facebook around 12:30 p.m. Friday…

Heading into the election, Maryland Republicans had two principal goals: Reelect Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. and take away Democrats’ veto-proof majority in the…

The state Senate’s two most vulnerable incumbents are not going down without a fight – or without a very robust campaign war chest. The…