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Baltimore needs a choice other than Democrats. How about the Green Party?

Gov. Larry Hogan's business dealings have drawn criticism from Democrats, who have sought to tie Hogan to President Donald Trump, and renewed a debate about the lengths to which businessmen-turned-politicians should wall themselves off from their private enterprises.

Reorganizing or reconstituting failed immigration enforcement agency isn't so shocking an idea.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: These days, being "conservative" means being angry and fearful at the loss of white prerogative.

Sen. Ben Cardin says he's "gravely concerned" about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s willingness to defer criminal investigations of misconduct until after President Trump leaves office.

Unless the Republican Party separates itself from the Trump Party we will see no relief until January 2019, when the Democrats take over one or both houses of Congress. I dread the damage done in the interim.

Get to know Brett Cavanaugh. The Marylander is the president's selection to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

There has been much ado over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist who won the Democratic Party primary for a New York congressional seat last week. Yet this isn’t the first time a major party has nominated a candidate who believes in Medicare and higher education for all.

Maryland’s 2018 primary election has come and gone, and what an election it was! Democrats selected Bernie Sanders-lite, Ben Jealous, to challenge Gov. Larry Hogan. While these were shocking developments, some of the most exciting action occurred right here in Carroll County.

"But what is their endgame?” A friend asked me that question as we were surveying the wreckage of the past eighteen months since Donald Trump’s inauguration, capped by a series of demoralizing decisions by the Supreme Court. What is the GOP goal?

bs-ed-op-0707-thomas-cultists-20180703. Cal Thomas: Labeling Trump supporters "cultists" will only drive more of them to the polls.

Another one of those 'Nobody asked me, but' columns about a bunch of things

For months, Steve Schuh and Steuart Pittman have been quietly building their campaigns for Anne Arundel County executive. Now that the primary elections are behind them, they’re ready to start selling their messages to county voters.

All presidents claim broad mandates for virtually all their campaign promises. But President Trump has no clearer decree than fidelity to the list of Supreme Court candidates he campaigned on.

Baltimore County elections judges resumed counting ballots on Thursday, but a result isn't expected in the Democratic contest for county executive until at least Friday.

Our number one obstacle preventing the political independence of Carroll County is "ignorance;" political science ignorance to be precise. The prevailing myth

This is in response to Elijah Cummings' recent pompous rant about why the GOP was questioning Inspector General Michael Horowitz about the FBI handling of the

I am the six-greats granddaughter of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War. Jonathan Latimer and his son, Wetherell, fought to free this country from

Baltimore County Democrats might not learn who their nominee is for county executive until next week, according to elections officials.

The media war this election season is going to be ugly, thanks to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy — both because of the upheaval caused by his retirement and because of his decision in Citizens United.

If the Vietnam era was a nation divided, today’s wars have made us two nations separated by our politics.

Though it may be harder to see what’s good about America through today’s pervasive skepticism and entrenched political divisions, on this July 4th it’s still possible to perceive the transcendent creed by which we all abide: the shared patriotic values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot said he will not endorse the new nominee of his party, Ben Jealous, but will remain neutral in hios race against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

There will be a few new faces and many familiar existing ones on Harford County’s two state central committees following last week’s primary election.

Jules Witcover: Just when you might have thought the stakes in the November midterm congressional elections could not have been higher, along comes a Supreme Court appointment to raise them even more.

Progressives are terrified that the  Supreme Court might start doing its job, says Jonah Goldberg.

Former vice president Joe Biden joined with Maryland Democrats in Baltimore Saturday night to rally the party behind the gubernatorial candidacy of Ben Jealous against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the headliner as Maryland Democrats gather in Baltimore for a "post-primary unity celebration" Saturday evening in support of a victorious Ben Jealous.

Partisan identity is now stronger and more meaningful for many Americans than race, ethnicity or religious denomination — and is viewed as a more legitimate justification for discrimination, says Jonah Goldberg.

Our analysis of the Democratic primary election might have been very different if Kevin Kamenetz had not died.

Vanessa Atterbeary, Shane Pendergrass and Jen Terrasa came out on top in the Democratic primary for the House of Delegates.

Ben Jealous won the Democratic primary for Maryland governor with an overwhelming margin in the Baltimore region and a strong performance in the Washington suburbs where his chief rival, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, was expected to perform well. 

Hours after his campaign launched its first general election campaign attack ad Wednesday, Gov. Larry Hogan said he thinks his race against Democrat Ben Jealous will “come down to whether people are happy with the direction the state is heading.”

Ben Jealous faces an uphill battle in his race against Gov. Larry Hogan. If he has a shot, here's what he'll need to do.

No. 1: The establishment lost and the progressives won.

GOP and Dem winners in District 42B primary will face off in November while two other races in District 42 were uncontested.

Maryland’s fourth legislative district primarily covers Frederick County but includes a small portion of the Carroll County. Incumbent Republican Sen. Michael Hough ran uncontested in his party's primary and will now face Jessica Douglass, who narrowly won the Democratic primary.

Ben Jealous' victory is just one sign about where Maryland's voters are in advance of a pivotal election.

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.

In Baltimore County, voters selected Democratic and Republican nominees for county executive.

As voters cast their ballots in the Baltimore area on Tuesday, they’ll weigh in on two key races: Baltimore County executive and Baltimore City state’s attorney.

President Donald Trump's hollowness as a leader and his moral bankruptcy were on vivid display in his border turn-about. Will anyone in the GOP care?

Many of the more than 140,000 Harford County Republicans and Democrats eligible to have a say about who will represent their parties on the fall ballot will have their final opportunity to weigh in Tuesday on Primary Election Day.

I grew up in a small, conservative town in the Midwest where people occasionally joked that a “good Democrat” was an oxymoron. When I moved to Los Angeles for college, many people I met regarded those from rural communities as uneducated and backward.

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.

A former Obama adviser raised more than $430,000 to unseat one of the incumbents in Southeast Baltimore's District 46 legislative election.

Supreme Court decision giving Maryland a sales tax revenue windfall could set up a political donnybrook over spending, saving or cutting taxes.

The Sun makes endorsements in select Anne Arundel races.

The Maryland Democratic Party on Friday urged their GOP counterparts to donate $100,000 raised at a 2015 Trump fundraiser to a nonprofit that reunites migrant families separated at the southwest border.

Tuesday is Election Day.