“We’re not going to go and set expectations that we don’t think we can meet,” says Andy Ellis of Baltimore. Gubernatorial candidate Ellis and running mate Owen Silverman Andrews aim to rack up votes, increase influence.
Dan Cox, a Republican who lost to Wes Moore, is representing plaintiffs in two federal discrimination cases against Howard County government, the police department and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.
A race for Congress in a district that stretches from the western edge of Maryland to the D.C. suburbs is shaping up with multiple contenders, including some familiar names.
The Republican politician said a candidacy filing with the Federal Election Commission wasn’t done by him, and he’s asked the commission to investigate. He says he’s still thinking about whether to run.
It’s spring the year before a Baltimore election — meaning consultants, elected officials and their potential challengers are quietly maneuvering to identify viable candidates.
The Republican had asked the nation’s highest court to consider his appeal of a ruling that allowed Maryland elections officials to count mail-in ballots as they arrived ahead of Election Day last fall.
Wes Moore’s historic win puts Maryland on the national map in discussions about Black electoral politics at the statewide level, according to a political expert.