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• Opinion

Brown went negative and paid the price

Brown went negative and paid the price

• Politics

Ad war in governor's race tops $8.5 million

• Elections

Hogan, Brown crisscross state in final election push

Gubernatorial hopefuls Larry Hogan and Anthony Brown spent the weekend making a final push before Election Day.

• Elections

Pleading parking stupidity might be the ticket

I am preparing my plea for leniency in the matter of a $77 parking fine and it looks like, for the first time in my life, I will have to enter the Rodricks Plea.

By Dan Rodricks

Oct 31, 2014

• Politics

Republican Governors Association spends more cash on Hogan

• Opinion

Brown's pre-K promises don't add up

Anthony Brown's pre-K plan doesn't add up.

• Opinion

That's the ticket [Editorial]

The lone debate between the lieutenant governor candidates may leave voters trying to decide which candidate they liked more not which they disliked least.

• Politics

Obama to campaign for Brown

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will make a stop in Maryland this weekend to support Anthony G. Brown's campaign for governor, a White House official said Tuesday.

• Politics

Hogan fights back on women's issues

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan held a rally Wednesday to counter Democratic efforts to portray him as trying to take the state backwards on issues of abortion and contraception..

• Politics

Hillary Clinton cancels Brown fundraising appearance, sends Bill Clinton

New grandmother and former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to stay home in New York with daughter Chelsea today, skipping a planned high-dollar fundrasier for Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown.

• Politics

Hillary Clinton scheduled to appear at Brown fundraiser

Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to host what might be the single biggest fundraiser for Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown tonight in Potomac.

• Politics

Brown, DGA go back decades to slam Hogan on abortion

• Politics

Hogan requests probe of donors with ties to state contracts

Republican Larry Hogan on Thursday urged state and federal investigators to probe the connection between hefty political donations to the Democratic Governors Association and the award of Maryland state contracts to donors.

• Politics

Democratic governors run ad slamming Hogan

Democratic governors run ad slamming Hogan

• Politics

Governors group takes aim at Hogan over education

The Democratic Governors Association has put $750,000 into an advertising campaign questioning Republican nominee Larry Hogan's commitment to education.

• Politics

Brown to strike first on airwaves

Democrat Anthony G. Brown plans to air the general election's first television ad, which swipes at his opponent.

• Opinion

Md. insurance exchange piles debacle atop debacle [Letter]

Failure to launch

• Politics

O'Malley continues on fundraising path to 2016

• Politics

O'Malley booked on CNN amid Christie scandal

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley marks his return to the Sunday political show circuit this week just as his longtime sparring partner and potential 2016 rival, Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is battling the biggest scandal of his administration.

• Politics and Government

Christie vs. O'Malley on taking responsibility

New Jersey governor's bluntness trumps Maryland governor's evasion when things get embarrassing.

• Opinion

The way to O'Malley's heart: the DGA [Commentary]

In a well run government, decisions would be made based on sound policy and considerations about what's in the best interest of the taxpayers, not personal relationships and campaign contributions. But one-party Maryland gives us constant reason to suspect it's the latter.

• Opinion

Decriminalizing marijuana is a good start [Commentary]

Too many of our state's families were separated for the holidays thanks to our overly punitive marijuana laws. We have an opportunity this year to change that through the introduction and passage of legislation decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana.

• Politics

In N.H., O'Malley draws on past as he looks to future

Gov. Martin O'Malley used an address in New Hampshire on Saturday to compare the city he inherited as mayor in 1999 with the nation many believe he now hopes to lead.

• Politics and Government

O'Malley wins support as he campaigns for others in New Jersey

Gov. Martin O'Malley visited New Jersey's capital city Friday to campaign for a candidate for governor who is so far behind in the polls that many in the national Democratic Party have all but abandoned her.

• Politics

O'Malley stumps, raises cash for Dems in Florida and Ohio

• Politics

Gov. Martin O'Malley to speak to N.H. this fall

Gov. Martin O'Malley will deliver remarks in New Hampshire this fall at a dinner for the state Democratic Party, his first trip to the early presidential primary state in about a year.

• Politics and Government

Perry to visit Beretta, then face O'Malley on CNN

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will visit gun manufacturer Beretta USA Wednesday during his trip to entice Maryland companies to move to the Lone Star State. Later in the day, Perry will square off on television with the governor whose state he came to criticize.

• Politics

Gov. Martin O'Malley has tough words for Texas Gov. Rick Perry

Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry can expect a forceful defense of Maryland from Gov. Martin O'Malley when Perry arrives here next week to try to lure businesses to Texas.

• Politics and Government

Gov. Rick Perry to visit Maryland with pitch for Texas

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016, will ride into the Democratic stronghold of Maryland next week as part of his mission to rustle up business for the Lone Star State.

• Politics and Government

FEC clears path for new DGA offshoot

WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission deadlocked Thursday over a proposal by the Democratic Governors Association to set up an organization that could engage in federal elections — a result that effectively permits the new group to go forward.

• Opinion

Campaign finance, deformed

When the Democratic Governors Association starts quoting Citizens United v. FEC to support its plans, you know something is seriously awry.

• Politics

Governors group with ties to O'Malley seeks bigger electoral role

The Democratic Governors Association is seeking a legal ruling that would allow it to expand its role in federal elections at a time when its chief fundraiser, Gov. Martin O'Malley, is considering a run for president, documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show.

• Politics and Government

O'Malley raising, spending money on national races

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has raised nearly $500,000 in a federal campaign account he created last year and has made his first effort at spreading the cash around in early presidential primary states, a pair of campaign finance reports released Wednesday show.

• Politics

O'Malley's PAC shows early signs of life

WASHINGTON -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's federal PAC, which will become an important fundraising vehicle should he decide to run for president in 2016, is beginning to show signs of life.

• Politics

O'Malley, Brown to join McAuliffe fundraiser

Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will be two of the headliners at a fundraiser for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe Wednesday night as the former Democratic National Committee chairman takes his drive for dollars to Annapolis.

• Politics and Government

Baltimore mayor officiates at lobbyist wedding in Vegas

Las Vegas wedding Baltimore Maryland lobbyists Lisa Harris Jones Sean Malone Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake Gov. Martin O'Malley Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown

• Politics and Government

Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo

By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning.

• Politics and Government

Books a popular gift for Maryland governor

• Opinion

What's left for O'Malley?

Martin O'Malley just wrapped up a remarkably successful legislative session, but he should not let those accomplishments be his last major efforts as Maryland governor.

• Politics

O'Malley headed to Copenhagen

• Politics

South Carolina Democrats see O'Malley 'rising'

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Gov. Martin O'Malley took the stage Saturday at a high school in this early presidential primary state, telling an auditorium of South Carolina Democrats that his principles worked in Maryland — and they'd work elsewhere.

• Politics

O'Malley's federal PAC takes small end-of-year haul

With three years to go before the first state primaries and uncertainty about whether outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek the Democratic presidential nomination, it's not surprising that O'Malley's relatively new federal PAC reported Thursday raising only $47,390 over the past month -- ending the year with just over $28,000 in the bank.

• Politics

As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage

President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman. But neither development is likely to push Maryland's governor off the national stage.

• Politics

O'Malley to be in audience for presidential debate

• Politics

O'Malley bashes Republicans on jobs on CNN

O'Malley bashes Republicans on jobs on CNN

• Politics

O'Malley to kick off immigrant integration event

O'Malley to kick off immigrant integration event

• Politics

O'Malley pays a visit to Iowa's core Democrats

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's appearance at Sen. Tom Harkin's "Steak Fry" in Iowa not only signals O'Malley's political ambitions, but also underscores the kinds of challenges undeclared candidates face as they juggle day jobs with hectic travel schedules.

• Politics

Obama offers hard path to 'a better place'

Arguing that he needs more time to fix the nation's sluggish economy, President Barack Obama formally accepted his party's nomination for a second term Thursday while stressing that voters will face a stark choice in November that could affect their lives for decades to come.

• Opinion

O'Malley did his job — on and off stage

Gov. Martin O'Malley did his job with his convention speech in Charlotte, but it's what he did before and after that will determine his political future.

• Opinion

O'Malley partisanship on display in Charlotte

Gov. Martin O'Malley served up partisan red meat in his Democratic National Convention speech, but did it help his national ambitions?