Local government

See 2024 election results for the Baltimore mayor's race between incumbent Brandon Scott and Republican challenger Shannon Wright.

See 2024 election results for Baltimore City Council races.

The baby girl will be Scott’s second child with wife Hana Pugh, whom he married in August in a private ceremony.

Members of the Board of Estimates voted Wednesday to formally end the city’s contract with Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts. The contract will run through Jan. 20.

In Anne Arundel County’s school board race, four of the seven board members appeared to have won re-election, ensuring the county’s superintendent will likely continue to have the board’s support.

Baltimore gets four more years of Scott and his progressive, if not incremental, agenda.

Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. was elected to Congress on Tuesday. At least six people have publicly expressed interest in serving as interim county executive.

Being popular doesn’t guarantee victory, and other lessons from Tuesdays election results.

Howard County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to create a new inspector general’s office.

The anticipated win sets the stage for another four years leading Baltimore, a city that has not returned a mayor for a second term in almost two decades.

City officials had made a late push against Question H, warning residents that approving the measure, which sought to cut the City Council to eight members from 14, would reduce representation and mean poorer constituent services.

Democrats appeared poised to sweep contests for the City Council, an expected outcome of Tuesday’s election that would cements a younger and potentially more progressive panel of legislators to represent Baltimore for the next four years.

In two races, candidates lead by just a few dozen votes.

See election results for the 2024 Baltimore City mayor's race, City Council President, City Council and a ballot question that would reduce the council’s size.

Baltimore County voters on Tuesday were poised to expand the County Council and protect the inspector general from political meddling.

Here’s a roundup of how votes were cast on some of those down ballot questions.

See the 2024 election results for Howard County elections, including the board of education, ballot questions and congressional races.

Both candidates are endorsed by Republican groups in the nonpartisan race.

Former President Donald Trump has already made clear that he’s willing to take aggressive steps to curb the country’s nascent offshore wind industry.

See 2024 election results for the Howard County School Board race, Districts 1 through 5, in Maryland.