Maryland General Assembly Primary Election
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Charged with trespassing in 2023, now she’s running for delegate in Garrett County
A run-in with the Garrett County Community Action Committee – and the law – preceded Lisa Lowe’s Republican campaign for delegate for the Maryland General Assembly in District 1A. On Nov. 6, 2023, after an incident at the Community Action…
Five General Assembly candidates – including two current delegates – fell behind on tax payments
Maryland Del. Kym Taylor and her husband, Steve, amassed tax liens totaling $705,998.58 over the last 10 years, and they still owe money to the state. Del. Diana M. Fennell settled a $56,140.86 state tax lien last year. And Antoine…
Leaving ‘the street life’ behind, District 25 candidate hopes to help others who were incarcerated
CORRECTION: Because of an error in the Maryland Judiciary Case Search and Record Portal, an earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the charges in the first criminal case against Joseph Tolbert III. The incorrect charges have been removed from…
In Baltimore City, Attar runs for re-election despite federal indictment
State Sen. Dalya Attar, D-Baltimore City, is running for re-election and facing a primary challenge – but her biggest challenge to retaining her seat in District 41 may be the U.S. Department of Justice. Attar has been charged in federal…
In Baltimore County’s District 6, Republican General Assembly candidates battle – in court
Maryland State Sen. Johnny Ray Salling has fought off several challengers since he was first elected in 2014 to his District 6 seat in Baltimore County. But the competition with his Republican primary opponent this year, Dundalk resident and children’s…
Youthful Hagerstown General Assembly candidate charged with assaulting ‘No Kings’ counter-protester
At the age of 21, Maryland House District 2B candidate Ocewana E. Baker is looking to become one of the youngest people elected to Maryland’s House of Delegates. When the Washington County Democrat entered the race last September, she had…
Bobby ‘Al Jolson’ Berger performed in blackface for years – and now he’s running for office
For decades, Bobby “Al Jolson” Berger performed in blackface as Al Jolson, the 1920s vaudeville star. Now, Berger is running for Maryland’s House of Delegates — not in blackface but officially as Bobby Al Jolson Berger. Berger, 78, is one…
Ban on cooperating with ICE divides Maryland candidates along partisan lines
Maryland lawmakers recently banned county and local law enforcement agencies from entering into agreements with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement — and in the largely Democratic state, a vast majority of 2026 General Assembly primary candidates agree with the ban.…
General Assembly candidates of both parties have a common enemy: data centers
Rising residential energy prices are at the front of mind for candidates pursuing seats in the House of Delegates and State Senate in the upcoming Maryland primaries, as are the data centers that many blame for the higher rates. With…
Housing affordability is a problem, but Maryland candidates struggle with how to fix it
Whether they live in the mountains of Western Maryland, near the nation’s capital or along the Chesapeake Bay, Marylanders can agree on one thing: the cost of renting or buying a home in the state is too high. How to…
Maryland candidates back Moore’s biotech and quantum push, but question who it reaches
Philip Cook is running for the Maryland State Senate while working in one of the industries Gov. Wes Moore is betting on as a future economic engine for the state. But that industry’s present doesn’t look so good. Cook, a…
With General Assembly primaries looming, it’s all about Trump all across Maryland
President Donald Trump stands at the center of everything in Washington these days — and as voters prepare to vote in Maryland’s June 23 General Assembly primaries, he seems to be at the center there, too. State Senate President Bill…