Politics

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.

Maryland voters made history on Tuesday, voting to send Angela Alsobrooks to Washington as the first Black woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.

The Baltimore Banner’s reporters fanned out across the region to gather voter sentiment, report results and chronicle this historic election.

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.

Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to solidify reproductive rights in Maryland’s constitution.

Johnny Olszewski Jr. prevailed over Republican Kim Klacik in a race to replace 21-year incumbent Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger.

Democrat Sarah Elfreth won the race for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, a heavily Democratic area that includes swaths of Howard and Anne Arundel counties.

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.

As of 8:45 p.m., lines of voters were still in place at multiple polling places, particularly at Bowie State University and University of Maryland, College Park, officials said.

The future legality and availability of abortion hinges not only on ballot measures, as policies could shift depending on who controls Congress and the presidency.

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.