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Brown went negative and paid the price

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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.

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

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.

Democratic governors run ad slamming Hogan

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

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

Failure to launch

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

O'Malley bashes Republicans on jobs on CNN

O'Malley to kick off immigrant integration event

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.

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.

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.

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