Erin Cox

Maryland Democrats nominated the state party's most liberal candidate for governor ever. Will Ben Jealous' candidacy unite the party or deepen its divisions?

Quiet, brilliant and quirky, Gerald Fischman was the voice and "wicked pen" of The Capital's editorial page for more than 25 years.

Quiet, brilliant and quirky, Gerald Fischman was the voice and "wicked pen" of The Capital's editorial page for more than 25 years.

With thousands of provisional ballots uncounted across Maryland, key races — including the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive and hotly contested state legislative races — are undecided.

Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous won Maryland’s Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, promising to deliver a progressive agenda that makes college free, legalizes marijuana and raises the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The late-discovered computer glitch that will force as many as 80,000 voters to cast provisional ballots Tuesday has the potential to delay election results for races up and down the ballot, analysts said.

Many Maryland voters are tuning in to Tuesday's primary race at the last minute. Here is a quick guide to get them up to speed.

As many as 80,000 voters will have to cast provisional ballots in tomorrow's primary election because of a computer glitch - four times more than originally reported by state officials.

More than 18,700 people will have to vote on provisional ballots in Tuesday’s election thanks to a computer glitch that failed to record their voter registration changes, state officials announced late Saturday.

From metro stops to farmers' markets to rallies, churches and pride parades, the six Democrats running for governor crisscrossed Maryland this weekend in a final push to sway voters — many who seem to have just started tuning into the race.