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Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) on Monday fired the starting gun for the special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Elijah E….

The next-to-last time there was an open House seat from Maryland in the middle of a congressional term, 27 Democratic candidates ran for the…

Cummings

U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), the son of sharecroppers who rose to the highest heights of national politics but never lost touch with…

A few election fundraisers on the docket in Maryland this fall have become family affairs – and in one case, a vehicle for a…

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones has appointed another African American woman as her speaker pro tem. Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes (D-Lower Shore), who has…

Tawes

It wasn’t an election year and the temperature was high, but the heartiest of Maryland politicos abidingly trekked to Crisfield on Wednesday for the…

Twenty-eight days out of every month, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better state treasurer than Nancy K. Kopp. She’s smart, studious and conscientious,…

Don’t tell me about the labor pains – just show me the baby. That timeless phrase comes to mind as we consider the historic…

During a special session that lasted all of 14 minutes, the Maryland House of Delegates changed history forever Wednesday, electing Baltimore County Del. Adrienne…

When Del. Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) announced her bid for speaker of the Maryland House on April 10, her candidacy caused barely a…