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As the Nov. 6 election nears, Marylanders are evenly divided on whether to make same-sex marriage legal in the state after opposition has grown in recent weeks, according to a new poll. -
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- Proponents of expanded gambling have enlisted four leading political figures, including Gov. Martin O'Malley, to make television ads assuring voters that the additional money expected to flow into state coffers will go to education.
- Proponents of expanded gambling have enlisted four leading political figures, including Gov. Martin O'Malley, to make television ads assuring voters that the additional money expected to flow into state coffers will go to education.
- Curry to bring grassroots touch to pro-casino campaign
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- Baltimore television stations were expecting little in the way of political advertising this campaign year. Then the fight over expanded gambling in Maryland erupted, pitting deep-pocketed and competing casino companies against one another.
- The main ballot committee supporting same-sex marriage in Maryland has raised $3.2 million and still has $1.2 million in its war chest to defend the law in the Nov. 6 referendum, according to a disclosure filed last night with the State Board of Elections.
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- The debate over expanding gaming in Maryland will ultimately be decided by the people, but to help them pick, casino companies on both sides have now contributed more than $26.7 million to campaigns for and against Question 7.
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- A new round of spending by Penn National Gaming and MGM Resorts International has pushed the ad war in the referendum over expanded gambling into record territory — eclipsing the $34 million raised for the 2006 governor's race with four weeks to go before Election Day.
- Casino ad blitz sets Maryland political spending record
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- The Washington Redskins football team endorsed a yes vote in the ultra-expensive gambling expansion referendum heading for the Maryland ballot this fall, contending the measure will bring thousands of jobs to Prince George's County.
- Five weeks before the election, a measure to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland has seen a surge of support and is now favored by likely voters, 49 percent to 39 percent, a new Baltimore Sun poll has found.
- For three casino giants trying to persuade Marylanders to vote for or against more gambling here, the long-term stakes could be in the billions.
- For three casino giants trying to persuade Marylanders to vote for or against more gambling here, the long-term stakes could be in the billions.
- Panel to urge more disclosure of independent spending
