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The 11 Democrats running for West Baltimore's 7th District council seat have had a wide array of experiences.

First-time candidate Kathleen Matthews is pulling away from the rest of the 8th Congressional District field in the race for money, besting state Sen. Jamie Raskin for the second straight quarter, campaign finance reports filed late Sunday show.

The contests for Maryland's two open House of Representatives seats have so far progressed mostly out of view, with a bevy of candidates building campaigns in the shadow of the state's high-profile race for Senate. That's about to change.

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III endorsed Glenn Ivey's bid for the 4th Congressional District on Friday, backing a longtime family friend over a former lieutenant governor and a half dozen other Democratic candidates.

HYATTSVILLE -- A group of prominent Hispanic elected leaders, including state Sen. Victor R. Ramirez, announced Tuesday they are backing former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey's run Congress, representing one of the first efforts by any candidate in Maryland to publicly court the constituency.

Former Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will report raising $122,000 since the beginning of April in his bid for Maryland's 4th Congressional District, a relatively small figure for a politician who held statewide office as recently as this year.

Democrat Del. Dereck E. Davis will report raising $188,000 in his bid for Maryland's 4th Congressional District, his campaign said Tuesday.

Former lieutenant governor Anthony G. Brown has a wide lead over lesser known opponents in the contest for Maryland's 4th Congressional District, according to poll summary released by his campaign Monday -- the first such survey made public in the crowded race for the Prince George's County-based district.

Former Prince George¿s County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey on Monday secured the first labor endorsement in the race for Maryland's 4th Congressional District, winning the support of a local electrical engineers union based in Lanham.

WASHINGTON -- A running list of who is in, considering or is being talked about for the Maryland Senate that Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will leave open when she retires after the 2016 election.

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan promised he would try to reduce tolls later this year and announced Tuesday a new transportation chief with an expertise in building roads. He also named prominent Baltimore Democrat Keiffer Mitchell as a special adviser to oversee expansion of charter schools.

Grain alcohol, the cheap, potent booze that has been a staple at college parties for generations, could be outlawed in Maryland as university presidents press lawmakers to ban it.

The 2014 governor's race came into clearer focus Wednesday as Harford County Executive David R. Craig set a date to announce his candidacy as a Republican and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown's campaign confirmed that Howard County Executive Ken Ulman will be his running mate in his bid for the Democratic nomination.

A chorus of Democrats raised opposition Tuesday to Maryland's proposed congressional districts, arguing the plan would dilute minority voting power in the Washington suburbs.

Jury selection in the federal bribery and extortion trial of Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie and two Shoppers Food Warehouse executives opened Monday with the judge reading aloud a long list of potential witnesses that could double as a Who's Who directory in state politics.

The Ehrlich campaign's alleged effort to keep blacks from voting last November could have the opposite effect for years to come, according to political observers who predicted that the recent indictments over automated phone calls would become election-season fodder for Democrats.