Local government

Baltimore’s short-staffed public works department still has no timeline for resuming weekly curbside recycling pickup since scaling back the service at the start of this year.

Democrats Mike Ertel and state Del. Pat Young have prevailed in races for Baltimore County Council’s two open seats in the central 6th District and the southwestern 1st District.

While four races were contested, Chair Julie Henn, Vice Chair Rod McMillion and council member Christina Pumphrey each faced no opposition in their respective bids.

Olszewski claimed 59% of the vote after almost 190,000 mailed, early and Election Day ballots were counted as of 11 p.m. Tuesday — too far ahead for conservative radio talk show host McDonough to catch up.

Democrat Wes Moore has made history in Maryland as the state's first Black governor-elect, according to a race call by the Associated Press. He is only the third Black governor elected in the country. Moore's win puts the governorship back in Democrats' hands after two terms of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, one of the country's most popular governors. Polling before the election showed Moore with a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent, Maryland Del. Dan Cox, a far-right lawmaker, had received a coveted and polarizing endorsement from former President Donald Trump.

While other regional school board races sparked fiery, public debates about opponents’ extremist views, the first-ever elections for the city’s Board of School Commissioners were far less contentious.

Shellenberger, 63, of Towson, first took office in 2007.

The contest remains too close to call with many mail-in ballots still uncounted.

Baltimore voters passed all of the measures on the ballot Tuesday, including one that will limit City Hall politicians to two four-year terms in each office.

In two Baltimore suburbs, Democratic county executives are seeking to fend off Republican challengers who distanced themselves from the party's far-right gubernatorial nominee, Dan Cox, while aggressively raising money.

Bates, 54, defeated incumbent Marilyn Mosby in the Democratic primary and did not face a challenger in the general election.

It's Election Day! We've listened to the candidates tell us why the public should vote for them. Campaigning time is over, and it's now up to the people to have their voices heard. Around the state, Maryland voters are casting ballots for their preferred candidates.

Election results for Baltimore County races.

Election results for Baltimore City elected offices and ballot questions.

Chezia Cager will become the mayor’s top advisor at the end of this month and will oversee his legislative affairs, communications, and constituent services operations.

Democrat Mike Ertel, a longtime Towson community activist, is campaigning against Republican Antonio “Tony” Campbell, a Towson University political science professor who rallied protestors against early pandemic-era orders that restricted schools and businesses, to represent Towson, Parkville and Rosedale as the 6th District’s councilman.

Asian Americans constitute 6% of eligible voters in the state as of 2020, putting Maryland among the top 10 states with the highest percentages of such voters, according to the Pew Research Center.

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On Question K, the Sinclair executive-funded measure that would limit elected officials to two terms in office, former Mayor Catherine Pugh wrote that she could easily make arguments for and against the proposal.

The city joins a wave of governments pursuing legal action over decades-long accumulation of the so-called "forever chemicals."