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Delaney donates $800K to his campaign
WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Delaney, the first-term lawmaker in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, made an $800,000 contribution to his campaign late last month, records filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission show. The Potomac Democrat is expected to win reelection on Tuesday -- none of the independent political handicappers consider the race competitive -- but the 6th has emerged in recent weeks as the most expensive and spirited of any of the state's eight congressional races. Both Delaney and his Republican opponent, Dan Bongino, are airing negative television ads in the district. And both have been raising a substantial amount of money. Bongino, a...
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Delaney donates $800K to his campaign
WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Delaney, the first-term lawmaker in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, made an $800,000 contribution to his campaign late last month, records filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission show.
The Potomac...
House incumbents in Md. favored for re-election despite national headwinds
Buoyed by favorable districts and the power of incumbency, most members of Maryland's heavily Democratic congressional delegation easily won re-election Tuesday, despite a strong national current that favored the GOP.
But in the state's westernmost...
Delaney lead grows after first day of absentee counts
Democratic Rep. John Delaney's lead in Maryland's 6th Congressional District grew slightly on Thursday after the first day of absentee ballot counting -- an outcome that prompted the Associated Press to declare him the winner of the unexpectedly close...
Delaney, Bongino locked in tight Western Maryland race
Maryland's westernmost congressional race was too close to call more than a day after polls closed, prompting the Republican challenger to seek a count of absentee ballots Wednesday even as Democratic incumbent Rep. John Delaney declared victory.
...
Bongino concedes 6th District race to Delaney
The unexpectedly tight contest for control of Maryland's westernmost House district was decided Friday — more than two days after polls closed — when the Republican challenger conceded the race to Democratic incumbent Rep. John Delaney.
Dan Bongino, a...
U.S. House race in Western Md. turns feisty -- again
Maryland's western-most congressional district is once again emerging as the liveliest and most expensive U.S. House race in the state, pitting two dynamic political forces in an increasingly negative campaign.
Two years after Democratic Rep. John...
Sixth District is state's most pricey House race
Republican Dan Bongino, the former Secret Service agent running in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, raised more than $530,000 since July, significantly exceeding his past fundraising and nearly matching the incumbent's haul, campaign finance reports...
'Gerrymander meander' highlights twisted district
No one has called Maryland's 3rd Congressional District pretty.
The irregular shape of the district currently represented by Rep. John Sarbanes has been compared to a Rorschach test and a crime scene blood spatter spread across Central Maryland. The...
Delaney runs new ad in Sixth District
Democratic Rep. John Delaney is airing the first general election television ad in his bid for a second term, focusing on a bipartisan infrastructure bill that has become his signature legislative effort, campaign aides said Wednesday.
The Potomac...
Congressional incumbents enjoy strong support primary
Maryland's congressional delegation cruised to victory in Tuesday's primary, leaving Democrats positioned to dominate the state's House seats even in a year that's shaping up to be promising for the Republicans nationally.
Six of eight incumbents...
Delaney airs ad to tout infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON -- He won't face a challenge in next week's primary election, but Rep. John Delaney nevertheless began running television advertisements on Wednesday.
The Potomac Democrat is buying airtime to highlight what has been his signature...
Bongino says he's '95 percent' certain on 6th District
WASHINGTON -- Republican Daniel Bongino, the former Secret Service agent who ran an unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate last year, said Tuesday he is "95 percent" certain he will run in Maryland's 6th Congressional District in the 2014...
One Republican calls it quits, another jumps in
A generational shift within the Maryland Republican Party picked up steam Tuesday as a veteran GOP senator called an end to her legislative career and a conservative favorite launched an audacious challenge to an incumbent Democratic congressman.State...
Harris appointed to House Appropriations
Baltimore County Republican Rep. Andy Harris was appointed to serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, giving the state another voice in how federal dollars are spent.
Harris, is in his second term representing the Eastern...
Rep. Delaney fuels speculation he will run for governor
Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has emerged as a leading critic of Maryland's troubled health exchange, is fueling speculation that he is interested in running for governor — a move observers said could shake up the state's premier political...
Conservatives chafe as Van Hollen embraces new territory in Carroll
Bill Schroeder, owner of a bustling Italian grocery on Westminster's Main Street, doesn't know Rep. Chris Van Hollen's voting history or many of his positions. But he knows his Democratic congressman lives in Montgomery County.
And he finds it appalling....
Delaney stumps for fellow Dem in Iowa
It turns out Gov. Martin O'Malley isn't the only Maryland politician occasionally stepping into Iowa.
Rep. John Delaney, the first-term congressman from Potomac, visited the early presidential primary state Thursday on behalf of Jim Mowrer, a Democrat...
Bongino captures national attention as he runs uphill in Md.
Dan Bongino launched his first campaign for office on a laptop computer in his dining room. His wife, alone at his side, was the only other person he was sure would vote for him.
Two years later, as the Severna Park man runs for the House of...
Delaney looks to infrastructure funding in first bill
Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a new infrastructure funding proposal that has won bipartisan support in an otherwise divided Congress.
Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has...
6th District GOP candidate calls for campaign spending limit
A 28-year-old Marine veteran who announced this week he is running in Maryland's 6th Congressional District is calling on the well-financed Democratic incumbent in that district to limit campaign spending to $500,000.
David E. Vogt III of Brunswick is...
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