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The 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election is set for June 26, 2018, and it’s sure to be a historic election for Montgomery County. When voters go to the polls, they will will elect a governor, a state legislature, a county executive, a County Council, members of the school board and the House of Representatives, and much […]

On his Facebook page, Del. Andrew Platt announced Tuesday night he would not be seeking re-election to his District 17 seat in the Maryland House of Delegates, preferring to work on issues from outside the legislature. “I do not make this decision lightly, but it is the right one for me, personally and professionally,” Platt […]

Sixth Congressional District candidate David Trone unveiled a plan Monday to combat the opioid crisis that would increase funding for the National Institutes of Health, promote new prescription guidelines and make treatment more affordable. In a campaign statement, Trone criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the crisis. He said the federal government needs to spend […]

In an effort to increase voter turnout, the Rockville Mayor and Council is considering a plan that would allow city voters to cast ballots by mail. The Mayor and Council will be considering a proposal from its Board of Supervisors of Elections at its Monday meeting. The board presented its plan at a city meeting […]

Here are political fundraisers scheduled before the Jan. 10 start of the General Assembly session, when incumbent delegates, senators and other state officials are prohibited from raising money for their campaigns. Wednesday, Jan. 3 Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher (D-18), a candidate for Maryland Senate, hosts a breakfast reception from 9 a.m. to 10 .m. Jan. 3, […]

The next 12 months will be busy politically with a gubernatorial election in November. Getting there, voters and candidates have a number of milestones. Jan. 10: General Assembly convenes. The incumbent governor, attorney general, as well as delegates and senators, are not allowed to raise money for their candidacies during the General Assembly session. Jan. […]

Eight Democratic gubernatorial candidates took shots at Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday morning, calling his lane-widening proposals for I-270 and the Capital Beltway something out of the 1970s, and faulting the incumbent governor’s failure to fund more school construction. “He watered down the Purple Line, so now it’s the Lavender Line,” Baltimore County Executive Kevin […]

Susan Turnbull, whom Ben Jealous announced Wednesday as his running mate, said that part of the solution to gang violence and Baltimore crime rests in providing more education. “I think part of it is moving from incarceration to education, giving people educational opportunity,” said Turnbull, in an interview with MyMCMedia. “If you have no place […]

Attorneys for the Maryland State Board of Elections have asked an Anne Arundel County judge to dismiss a claim, brought by a Montgomery County resident, that she is eligible to run for governor. Krishanti Vignarajah of Gaithersburg had filed suit asking the court to declare her eligible for the election because of comments made by […]

A former Takoma Park city councilmember has entered the race for an at-large position on the Montgomery County Council. Seth Grimes, a 58-year-old Democrat, filed his candidacy Friday morning at the Montgomery County Board of Elections offices in Gaithersburg. “We have a lot of challenges ahead of us in terms of sensible growth policy, education, […]