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Election 2022

Coverage of 2022 elections in Baltimore and Maryland

Dan Cox and Wes Moore.
Video: Watch the Maryland governor debate between Republican Dan Cox and Democrat Wes Moore
It will be their first — and likely only — televised debate.
(l to r) Candidate running for the Baltimore City School Board are April Christina Curley, Ashley Esposito, Salimah Jasani and Kwame Kenyatta-Bey.
4 candidates vie for 2 seats in Baltimore city’s first school board election
The school board is now all appointed, but city voters next month will get their first chance to elect school board members.
A screen grab of the Unite The Right fundraiser event
‘Unite the Right’ rally planned by former Maryland GOP candidate Kim Klacik renamed ‘Maryland United’
Event is planned for Oct. 22 in Arnold and will feature Republican candidates for office and a musician who is a former contestant on "The Bachelor."
A screen grab of the Unite The Right fundraiser event
Former Maryland GOP candidate Kim Klacik planning rally using same name as deadly Charlottesville event
The “Unite the Right” rally will feature Republican candidates and a former “The Bachelor” contestant-turned-country-musician, James McCoy Taylor.
Snakes and ladders, city hall, Nick Mosby, Bill Henry, Odette Ramos, Mayor Scott
Term limits are popular, but experience says they have drawbacks
While the idea has polled well, analysis from most political experts is more measured. Research suggests that while term limits can help youthful politicians rise quickly, career politicians who hop from one office to the next still exist.
Mark Marchione (left), his wife Deborah, of northern Baltimore County, and Kevin Becker, a Sparks Glencoe geneticist retired from the National Institutes of Health, display signs opposing the November referendum to approve adult-use cannabis in Maryland.
As polls show broad support for legalizing marijuana in Maryland, a small group of demonstrators raised concerns about the health risks
Opponents to a ballot measure that could legalize marijuana for recreational use say there's been little focus on mental health harms that marijuana, which is already approved for medical use, may cause or exacerbate, including psychosis and depression; especially in children and teenagers.
A demonstrator waves a flag with marijuana leaves depicted on it outside of the White House on April 2, 2016, in Washington. Maryland voters will have the choice to forgive marijuana crimes on November's ballot.
Maryland voters will have a choice about forgiving marijuana crimes
If the November referendum, also known as Question 4, passes, anyone currently being held in a state prison or local detention center on a simple possession conviction can file a motion requesting release next year.
Ballot counters remove ballots from the envelopes.
Maryland’s highest court allows early counting of mail ballots in general election
Elections officials had worried that process might drag on for weeks
A member of AFSCME Council 67 holds up a sign encouraging Baltimore voters to vote no on Question K in the upcoming general election during a press conference at War Memorial Plaza on 10/6/22. The question would determine whether or not term limits are imposed on a number of elected positions in the city.
Opposition organizing against Baltimore term limit question funded by Sinclair chairman
A cluster of Baltimore City politicians, advisers and activists are quietly working behind the scenes to convince voters to reject Question K, a ballot measure that would limit City Hall officials to two terms in office.
Former state delegate Pat McDonough speaks to a room of roughly 50 listeners during a Baltimore County county executive candidate forum Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex while Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. listens.
Olszewski, McDonough spar over public safety at Essex Baltimore County executive forum
McDonough pledged to file lawsuits challenging county policies if elected, while Olszewski outlined steps his administration has taken to address crime.
Marilyn Mosby motions hearing at 2 p.m at the federal courthouse downtown Baltimore on April 14, 2022.
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby has received just one campaign donation this year
Mosby said the quiet period is consistent with his campaign strategy, which is to ramp up fundraising and events closer to Election Day.
7/7/22—A State of Maryland official ballot drop box sits outside the Southeast Anchor Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library on the first day of early voting in Maryland’s Primary Election.
When will my Maryland general election mail ballot arrive?
Elections officials are in the process of mailing ballot packets to voters who have requested them
Dan Cox and Wes Moore.
Poll: Moore widening lead over Cox in Maryland governor’s race
Democrat Moore has 60% support, compared to 28% for Republican Cox
A ballot counter sorts through the mail-in ballots.
Maryland’s highest court will decide when election officials can start counting mail ballots
The Maryland Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments on Oct. 7.
Nick Frisone's long lost 2020 ballot after arriving in the mail two years late.
Court: Maryland election officials can count mail ballots during legal challenge
A Maryland appeals court ruled that the confidential counting of mail ballots can start as soon as Saturday.
Dan Cox, in a blue shirt, shakes hands with Wes Moore, in a gray shirt, in front of a tent with Maryland and United States flags.
During Maryland’s election season, campaign trails intersect at annual Crisfield crab feast
Current governor and potential future governors were among those at the J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake in Crisfield.
Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox speaks to reporters outside Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Cox is objecting to a proposal that would have mailed ballots processed ahead of Election Day.
Maryland GOP gubernatorial candidate Cox appeals court decision allowing earlier mail ballot counting
The appeal could prolong uncertainty about how elections officials will count the general election ballots, just as those mail ballots are starting to go out in the mail to voters.
A ballot counter takes the ballot out of the mail-in envelope.
What you need to know about counting of mail ballots in Maryland’s election
A judge ruled on Friday that mail ballots can be counted as soon as Oct. 1
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: Portrait time; Moore money for other candidates; Money for nothing, but these towns said no
While nearly every local government in Maryland took federal COVID relief money, three tiny towns chose not to.
Nick Frisone's long lost 2020 ballot after arriving in the mail two years late.
Judge says election officials can begin counting mail ballots before Election Day
The ruling means that results from a significant portion of mail ballots will be available on election night, and it’s likely that candidates and voters won’t have to wait long to know the outcome of many races.
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