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A Baltimore judge has thrown out an election lawsuit against Thiru Vignarajah, clearing the way for the former deputy attorney general for Maryland to run for the city state’s attorney in June.

State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's two challengers are in court this week to prove they live in Baltimore. That's a political problem, not a legal one.

 The upset victory of a Democrat over a Republican heavily backed by President Trump in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District has pumped new optimism into voters looking to November's midterm elections to rid the country of the man in the Oval Office.

If someone came up to you on the street and offered you cash for your vote, most of us would immediately respond “No!” thinking “how dare they attempt to buy my vote.” We perceive our vote to be something very personal and precious, comparable to liberty and personal freedom.

Bmore Safe Now, a political action committee formed last year to oppose State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is shutting down, a spokesman for the group says.

Incumbent City Council member Casi Tomarchio is the latest to file as a candidate for one of the three seats in this year’s Havre de Grace city election, bringing to the field to seven candidates.

Candidates for public office in Baltimore County need to be forthright about where they stand on Dulaney High.

This year, Maryland has the opportunity fight back against federal voter suppression efforts. The General Assembly is considering bills that would establish automatic voter registration and allow voters to register on Election Day.

The American people are usually critical of their government and periodically they change parties in power just because they can. After the Obama years, people were unhappy with government so that many voted Republican.

What promises to be a hotly contested election season in the city of Havre de Grace got off to a fast start this week as five candidates filed on the first day for the three city council seats on this year’s ballot.

If candidates for county commissioner do not have to file the new financial disclosures statements within a timely matter prior to the primary election and early voting, it will not allow voters to make the best decisions possible. Not having access to this information until next year is too late.

The Cecil and Harford County Republican central committees gathered in Fallston Wednesday evening to review the events of the past few days following the sudden passing of state Sen. Wayne Norman and to set out plans for nominating a successor to fill out the rest of his term. No decisions yet.

Gun laws by state, and whether any action has been taken since Parkland shooting

What is the process of filling the seat of Sen. Wayne Norman for the duration of his term, following his death Sunday? The state's Republican central committee has already selected a Harford resident to run in his place on the party's primary election ticket this year.

Not that long ago, those attuned to the local political scene in Carroll County were watching and wondering about who may emerge to seek office, particularly on the Boards of County Commissioners and Education. For a while, it seemed, there was a dearth of candidates in both races.

A last-minute flurry of fiings for Towson area offices came in this week as Tuesday's filing deadline for the June 26 primary election approached. Here's who is in the running.

Maryland needs to be more aggressive in protecting its elections from fraud.

The 2018 race for the Harford County Board of Education is happening without four senior members of the current board — Robert Frisch, Joseph Voskuhl, Laura Runyeon & Nancy Reynolds — based on the candidates who filed. How will the election work with a board that was seated in less than four years

State Sen. Roger Manno won the endorsement Thursday of Maryland Working Families in his bid for the 6th Congressional District, the latest indication he is locking down progressive support in the state’s most closely watched federal race this year.

Having an improved financial disclosure laws in place before the primary is important because, if history is any indication, that is the “real” election in Carroll County, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats about 2-1.

In the wake of Tuesday night’s deadline to file candidacy for the 2018 elections, Baltimore County’s District 1 is getting its first look at what the ballot will look like come November.

Mike Perrone and Barry Glassman will be Republican primary opponents in this year's race for Harford County executive, as the candidate field is set for the June primary.

As the final hours approached for Tuesday night’s deadline to file for most county and state elected offices in the June 26 party primary election, there was the usual last minute flurry of filings for Harford County offices.

Two last-minute entrants on Tuesday brought the field of candidates for Baltimore County executive to seven: four Democrats, two Republicans and one independent write-in candidate.

The first-ever election for a Baltimore County school board has attracted multiple candidates in all seven districts.

The field is set in the race for Baltimore State’s Attorney, with incumbent Marilyn Mosby formally filing for re-election and two attorneys making their candidacy to unseat her official.

Maryland needs a female number two — to be positioned to run for governor in the future.

Howard County Council chairwoman Mary Kay Sigaty announced on Monday that she will seek Democratic state senator Edward Kasemeyer’s District 12 seat in the November election.

Reports of foreign efforts to meddle in the 2016 election detailed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment last week of 13 Russians have highlighted concerns about whether American voting systems — including Maryland's — are vulnerable to cyberattacks.

It is President Trump's character that leads me to think he didn't collude with Russia, at least not in a way the impeachment-hungry mob hopes he did. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have something to hide.

Gov. Larry Hogan filed candidacy paperwork on Thursday making his run for re-election official.

A new Goucher College poll shows that the Maryland Democratic primary election for governor is wide open and that Chelsea Manning is unlikely to defeat Sen. Ben Cardin.

How  close are we going to skate to the edge of losing democracy before we decide to regulate social media platforms like Facebook? We have given the Mark Zuckerbergs of this nation a free hand longer than any other media operators in the world, and they have shown no real social responsibility.

As his re-election effort nears, Gov. Larry Hogan has strong approval ratings from Marylanders, with nearly half saying he has distanced himself from President Trump, according to the latest Goucher Poll.

We congratulate the City of Havre de Grace and its voters on a project so well done that it not only earned one of the state’s most prestigious awards, but also created a cultural arts showpiece.

As part of its campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, Russian-backed entities attempted to suppress voter turnout in minority communities — including through a social media account that was active in Baltimore — federal prosecutors said Friday.

We have a serious problem in the United States when it comes to a viable democracy. For the second time since 2000, the Presidential candidate with the fewest

Maryland's attorney general is wasting tax dollars suing Trump administration.

Why can't President Trump direct his intelligence chiefs to defend U.S. from Russian meddling in the next election?

Elected school board members can lead to ideological agendas if candidates don't few education as an area that should be relatively free of politics.

Gov. Larry Hogan and his top aides put on a show of force in Baltimore County Monday, holding a “regional cabinet meeting” and conducting nearly 100 tours and meetings in the county.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on one’s appetite for politics on all levels, the election cycle has begun again. It seems that it is an endless cycle with no breaks in between, kind of like the NFL season that never ends.

With all the noise over “collusion” and “obstruction” and, most recently, “the memo,” let’s not forget the main purpose of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The reason we’re having this investigation isn’t just about President Trump; it’s about President Putin.

Howard County’s Central Republican Committee has filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections against Democrat Calvin Ball’s county executive campaign, alleging that Ball’s team knowingly had errors in its annual campaign finance reports from January 2017 and January 2018.

bs-ed-op-0207-reich-trump-20180206. Donald Trump has intentionally cleaved America into two warring camps: pro-Trump and anti-Trump, says Robert Reich.

The 2018 Primary Election includes races for the all five seats on the Board of County Commissioners, three seats for the Board of Education, state’s attorney, sheriff, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Register of Wills, Judge of the Orphan’s Court and both Republican and Democratic central committees.

Neal Simon, a Potomac businessman launching an independent campaign for Senate in Maryland today, watched last week’s State of the Union in a state of despair. His problem wasn’t with what President Donald J. Trump was saying, per se, but the reaction he was getting from the House floor.

President Trump is turning the Parkland school shooting, which killed 17 people, into his latest all-about-me news-cycle strategy, says Jules Witcover.

Krish Vignarajah, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, has voluntarily withdrawn a lawsuit asking a judge to affirm her eligibility to run for the office, court records show.

Prospective judges must attend a 1 to 3-hour training session which will be scheduled between April and June. All judges will be paid $30. Judges with additional duties may be paid more.