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Judge blocks Maryland redistricting question from November ballot
Judge Robert Thompson ruled that lawmakers violated their own deadlines for ballot measures.
An Anne Arundel Circuit Court judge ruled that Maryland lawmakers missed their own deadline to approve a ballot question on redistricting.
Moore criticizes federal immigration enforcement surge in Maryland
The governor stated he supports deporting violent criminals for the sake of public safety but said the agency was spreading fear within communities.
FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer listens during a briefing, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.
Judge blocks Trump plan for new FBI headquarters in Washington, clearing path for Greenbelt
Plans to relocate the FBI’s headquarters to Greenbelt can move forward after a federal judge, siding with Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland, blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to move the agency to an existing building in Washington.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown speaks at a press conference last year announcing that Maryland will sue the Trump administration for blocking an approved plan to move the FBI headquarters to Greenbelt.
Maryland Republicans file lawsuit to stop redistricting ballot question
Republican lawmakers are suing the state’s elections board to stop a ballot question on congressional redistricting from appearing before Maryland voters in November.
Del. Kathy Szeliga, a Baltimore County Republican and vice chair of the Maryland Freedom Caucus, speaks during a press conference hosted by the caucus in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
Maryland voters will decide future of redistricting. Here’s what’s next.
The amendment temporarily resolves Maryland’s participation in the national redistricting tug-of-war between red and blue states that are hoping to influence control of Congress.
Maryland senators wrapped up work on a bill Tuesday that would ask voters to amend the constitution to allow congressional gerrymandering.
Maryland lawmakers approve redistricting amendment that now heads to voters in November
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2026 - Del. David Moon, the House majority leader, and Del. Jason Buckel, the House minority leader, confer during debate on a bill in the House of Delegates that would change the state constitution to make it easier to redistrict in the future on Tuesday.
Maryland lawmakers move closer to changing congressional redistricting rules
If the measure passes the General Assembly, voters will have a say on the November ballot.
Senate President Bill Ferguson, House of Delegates Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk and Del. David Moon take their seats before a hearing on a measure to change Maryland’s constitution to make congressional redistricting easier.
Who paid the price in Maryland’s redistricting clash?
Redistricting has damaged relationships and consumed time and energy in Annapolis this year. Monday’s special session is a compromise to take a step forward.
Lawmakers will lay the groundwork for future congressional redistricting in a special session starting Monday.
Maryland Democrats settle for less after bitter redistricting fight
Lawmakers are holding a special session on redistricting, but it’s too late to affect Trump’s agenda.
From left, Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk, Gov. Wes Moore and Senate President Bill Ferguson all took different views of congressional redistricting over the past year, but they all ultimately ended up at the same place: revising the state constitution to make map-drawing easier going forward.
Mail ballot mishap that irked Trump ‘fixed’ ahead of fall election, company says
Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, the company responsible for a Maryland mail ballot printing error that led to the reissue of about 447,000 ballots, assured state election officials that new safeguards and procedures have been implemented.
A board of elections worker prepares to feed mail-in ballots into a machine for counting during canvassing at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections.
The Freedom Caucus wants to remake Maryland’s GOP, one primary at a time
Freedom Caucus success can take different forms depending on which party is in charge, said Matthew Green, a politics professor at The Catholic University of America, who has studied the caucuses’ spread across the country.
Del. Kathy Szeliga holds an impromptu press conference with other members of the Maryland Freedom Caucus at the Maryland State House on Sine Die in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, April 7, 2025. To her side are Dels. Matt Morgan, Brian Chisolm and Mark Fisher.
After ballot errors, Maryland’s election board wants answers from vendor
The Minnesota-based vendor sent some voters ballots for the wrong party and wasn’t able to determine which voters were affected.
Baltimore County elections workers count mail ballots in Owings Mills last month.
Bobby LaPin lost the race. He’s not ready to leave the fight.
LaPin’s grassroots challenge, waged on Baltimore’s front stoops and Instagram feeds, was no match for a 16-year veteran politician with a war chest and battle-worn relationships.
Bobby LaPin knocks on doors in South Baltimore earlier this month. LaPin says he’s inspired by voters who said he gave them hope.
Democrat Dan Schwartz to face GOP’s Andy Harris in Maryland’s 1st District race
The former consumer-rights advocate will take on Maryland’s only GOP representative in Congress, who is also the chair of the House Freedom Caucus.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris speaks during a press conference hosted by the Maryland Maryland Freedom Caucus in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Harris is the only Republican member of Congress from Maryland and chairs the U.S. House Freedom Caucus.
McClain Delaney defeats Trone in Democratic primary for 6th Congressional District
U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney stopped businessman David Trone’s attempt to win back the seat he previously held representing parts of Montgomery County and Western Maryland.
April McClain Delaney thanks her supporters at a Gaithersburg Holiday Inn on Tuesday night, less than an hour before hearing the official word that she had won the race.
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to obtain Maryland voter rolls
Federal judges have dismissed cases similar to Maryland’s in Michigan, California, Oregon and Massachusetts, among others.
The Department of Justice requested the private lists from dozens of states and Washington, D.C., and sued those that refused to comply.
Van Hollen ‘kicking the tires’ on a 2028 presidential run
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has spent the last year and a half raising his national profile.
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland speaks to a resident at the Polk County Streak Fry, held by the Polk County Democrats, at Water Works Park in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, September 13, 2025.
Terminated by Trump, Maryland federal workers are running for new jobs
Who better to run government, they say, than the people who really understand the nuts and bolts of it.
The candidates hail from the FBI, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Institutes of Health. They’ve represented America overseas as diplomats and on disaster response teams, and aided in historic criminal investigations, including of President Donald Trump.
How Gov. Moore’s open primary remarks landed in Maryland
Gov. Wes Moore’s comments on open primaries sparked excitement among reform advocates in Maryland, but his office later said he supports the state’s closed system, highlighting the debate over unaffiliated voters.
Baltimore residents cast their votes inside the polling location at Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Views on Maryland’s mail ballot error are as partisan as elections themselves
Maryland’s mix-up has fueled existing bipartisan tensions over a voting method that has become as politicized as the candidates printed on the ballot.
Mail-in ballots are sorted for counting during canvassing at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections.
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