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After six years of sitting on the back bench in Congress and railing against the Affordable Care Act, Harford County's Congressman Andy Harris has an opportunity to nuke ACA out of existence. But what will be his alternative?

Gov. O'Malley is a convert on redistricting reform — and he's got an argument Md. Dems need to hear.

Robert Joseph Weber, who chaired the political science department at McDaniel College for more than a decade, and inspired future lawyers, judges and politicians while seldom giving them A's, died Nov. 12 of cardiac arrest at his Westminster home. He was 79.

A former mayor of Salisbury is expected to launch an uphill campaign for Congress on Tuesday, hoping to unseat incumbent Rep. Andy Harris, the state's only Republican in Washington.

Right now Chrys Kefalas, a gay Republican from East Baltimore, has an "exploratory committee" to see if there is enough money and political support to carry him into a credible campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Barbara Mikulski.

Buoyed by favorable districts and the power of incumbency, most Maryland's heavily Democratic congressional delegation was expected to cruise to reelection on Tuesday despite a strong national current that favored the GOP.

Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland's sole Republican in Congress, said Friday that he is seeking the chairmanship of an influential conservative caucus of lawmakers in the House of Representatives.

Three years after touting his medical background as he campaigned for Congress, Rep. Andy Harris is emerging as a top spokesman in opposition to Obamacare — and taking on other health policy issues as well.

Disappointed by Harris

Even though Rep. Andy Harris comes from one of the bluest states in the nation, his vote against the budget deal shows he is firmly at home with the conservatives.

Despite well-known challengers and widespread dissatisfaction with Washington, most of Maryland's incumbents in the House of Representatives appear to be cruising to reelection — a result of convoluted congressional districts and large Democratic majorities in most parts of the state.

Wendy Rosen, the Democratic nominee to challenge Republican Rep. Andy Harris in the 1st Congressional District, withdrew from the race Monday after allegations surfaced that she had voted in elections in both Maryland and Florida in 2006 and 2008.

John LaFerla, who lost a close Democratic primary in the 1st Congressional District to Wendy Rosen, said Tuesday that he is available to challenge Republican Rep. Andy Harris as a write-in candidate.

Elections officials in Florida have taken an interest in allegations that former Maryland congressional candidate Wendy Rosen was registered and voted in both states.

Wendy Rosen, the Democratic nominee to defeat Republican Rep. Andy Harris in the First Congressional District withdrew from the race Monday after allegations surfaced that she had voted in elections in both Maryland and Florida in 2006 and 2008.

First-term congressman Andy Harris, the highest-ranking elected official from Maryland to attend the GOP convention in Tampa this week, is poised to become a leader in statewide Republican politics. He has Democrats, in part, to thank.

Baltimore County Police on Friday charged two Anne Arundel County men as part of an group that they say attacked two people in Towson on April 13.

House candidate Wendy Rosen shifted her attention to the general election hours after her opponent acknowledged Thursday she had won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 1st District — ending the final disputed contest from last week's statewide primary.

Two Democratic candidates in Maryland's 1st Congressional District remained locked in a too-close-to-call contest for the party's nomination on Thursday after an initial tally of absentee ballots left them separated by fewer than 100 votes.

Opening a new line of attack in the contentious Democratic primary in Maryland¿s 6th Congressional District, State Sen. Rob Garagiola sent an e-mail to supporters Wednesday noting that his opponent, John Delaney, had made a political contribution to Republican Andy Harris in 2010.

Nearly a half dozen Maryland state lawmakers are hoping to exploit the nation's anti-incumbent mood with campaigns for Congress that focus heavily on Washington's dysfunction.

Former U.S. Rep. Frank M. Kratovil Jr. may not have gotten a more Democratic-friendly district in which to attempt a return to Congress, but he's received a consolation prize in the form of a judgeship.

O'Malley names Kratovil to Queen Anne's bench

Comments on fruit flies come back to haunt Rep. Andy Harris