republican party

• Opinion

Witcover: Democrats downplay impeachment after the Blue Wave

Witcover: Democrats' intended disposition to turn the other cheek, rather than use the party's newly acquired subpoena powers to get anti-Trump incriminating information, attempts to seek the high moral ground.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Midterms set the table for a crazy 2020 race

More than a week after the final votes were cast (but not necessarily counted), it's now looking like the Democrats had a blue wave after all, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: How blue states help red states

Robert Reich: In reality, voters in red states are more dependent on "welfare" than voters in blue states.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Breaking down the midterm elections

I understand that there is excitement about a record 113 million people who voted last week. However, that number represents only 49 percent of eligible voters. This is an improvement from the 36 percent participation in 2014. But isn’t 36 percent a low bar?

• Opinion

Md.'s redistricting case is a big step forward — but we're still a long way from stopping gerrymandering

Proponents of redistricting reform shouldn't get too excited about a court ruling throwing out Maryland's gerrymandered 6th District.

• Opinion

A blue wave on the Chesapeake Bay

Election night was a big night for Democrats and Democratic values in Maryland. While Larry Hogan held onto the Governor's Mansion, down ballot, the state experienced a massive blue wave.

• Opinion

Witcover: Ousting his attorney general, Trump barrels into Nixon territory

President Trump's long-expected firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions may be a prelude to an outrageous, blatant political crime that could make the Watergate scandal of the 1970s pale in comparison.

• Commentary

Tomlinson: Monday morning quarterbacking the midterm election

Carroll County is in great hands with the folks who were elected, and our state is in good shape with Gov. Hogan as our head coach. Now that the election is over, it is time for these newly elected officials to get on the field and remind voters why we drafted them for our team.

• Donald Trump

Babe Ruth, Roger Staubach among Trump's first Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

President Donald Trump has announced his first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and they include the wife of a major Republican Party donor, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth.

• Politics

Maryland faces tricky decision on court redistricting order: draw a new map for congressional seats or appeal?

Maryland’s leaders face a critical and complex choice in light of a decision in which three federal judges found the state’s congressional district map to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered: comply or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court? State Attorney General Brian Frosh hasn't announced a decision.

By Michael Dresser

Nov 9, 2018

• Politics

After Hogan victory, what's next for Maryland politics? Democrats say they see bright future in new leaders

Tuesday’s election results mean that in 2019 Democrats will hold the top job in seven of Maryland’s eight largest jurisdictions. Meanwhile, Republicans — still riding high from Hogan’s historic win over Democrat Ben Jealous — looked around the state to see their bench had been decimated.

By Luke Broadwater

Nov 9, 2018

• Commentary

Vigliotti: Not a wave, but a warning, out of the blue

Democrats cannot claim a mandate given the limits of their victory; and Republicans must strive to improve within the next two years to suffer additional defeats.

• Europe

More than 100 gather in Bel Air to support Mueller investigation

More than 100 people protested outside Congressman Andy Harris's Bel Air office Thursday in support of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into suspected Russian meddling on behalf of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign after AG Jeff Sessions was forced to resigned.

By David Anderson

Nov 8, 2018

• Politics

What people are saying about Maryland needing to redraw a congressional map with unconstitutional boundaries

What people are saying about federal judges ordering Maryland to redraw an unconstitutional congressional map. The court ordered Maryland to submit a plan by March 7 to remedy the problem or it will appoint a three-member commission to take care of it.

By Jeff Barker

Nov 8, 2018

• Commentary

Minnich: The vote was about us

“All politics is local,” so for me the big headline was that Carroll County voters ousted a judge backed by the local Republican powers and replaced him with a woman who happens to be a Democrat. That, in my view, is a microcosm of the national story.

• Politics

Maryland Gov. Hogan lays out second-term agenda: Tax cuts, school accountability, non-partisan redistricting

The day after becoming just the second Republican to be re-elected governor in Maryland history, Larry Hogan pledged to continue governing the blue state as a centrist as he laid out some of his second-term agenda.

• Politics

Federal judges say Maryland's 6th congressional district is unconstitutional; map must be redrawn for 2020

A three-judge federal court panel has ruled Maryland drew the boundary lines for the 6th congressional district in an unconstitutional way to benefit Democrats. The court banned the state from using those boundaries in the future. Attorney General Brian Frosh is reviewing whether to appeal.

By Jeff Barker

Nov 7, 2018

• Politics

No coattails: Maryland voters backed Republican Gov. Hogan, but also showed their disdain for Trump

Gov. Larry Hogan cruised to a second term Tuesday night, but failed to take others from his party along for the ride. Voters said they voted against most Republicans — other than Hogan — out of their disdain for President Donald Trump.

• Opinion

Republicans prefer to exclude, not include

Election shows Republicans still see other people as a threat and not an opportunity.

• Opinion

Election results not so bad for Maryland Democrats

Democrats should look at the bright side of Tuesday's election results despite Ben Jealous loss.

• Opinion

Two-party Washington: Prepare for the worst

Enjoy the talk of bipartisanship because it's doomed: Voters just rewarded Democrats and Republicans alike for intransigence.

• Opinion

Dems won the House, let the investigations begin!

Now that the Democrats have won the House, but not the Senate, a chorus of smarty-pants will insist the president faces only nuisance House investigations, no real check. That is not true, and here’s why.

• Maryland

Five takeaways from Carroll County’s 2018 midterm election results

Maria Oesterreicher makes history, voters flip the Board of Education, and are charter government and opioid legislation on tap for the next Board of County Commissioners?

• Politics

Five voter sentiments gleaned from Maryland's midterm election

Here are five voter sentiments we learned from Tuesday’s midterm election in which Gov. Larry Hogan became the first Republican governor to win re-election in Maryland since the 1950s, despite widespread antipathy towards President Donald Trump.

By Christina Tkacik

Nov 7, 2018

• Politics

Democrats sweep into executive seats in key suburbs: Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties

Democrats won county executive seats in Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel, unseating two Republican incumbents and reversing the red tide that swept the Baltimore suburbs four years ago.

By Tim Prudente

Nov 6, 2018

• Politics

Bevins prevails, party balance of power on Baltimore County Council stays in Democrats' hands

Democrats will hold on to their slim majority on the Baltimore County Council after all of the incumbents retained their seats in Tuesday’s general election.

• Politics

Maryland voters weather steady rain, ballot problems on Election Day to exercise civic enthusiasm

Other locales might have drawn more star power in recent days — from President Donald Trump jetting to 11 rallies in six days to Oprah seemingly taking up residence in Georgia — but Maryland voters descended on their polling places on Tuesday with a determined intensity of their own.

• Maryland

Election 2018: Voting in Carroll County brisk, deemed 'a referendum' on President Trump

Carroll County voters went to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. Here's a sampling of their thoughts on the local races, the Maryland gubernatorial race and President Donald Trump, who isn't on the ballot but looms large over this election.

• Politics

Did you vote in Maryland's election? Here's what readers said motivated them.

Readers respond on why they voted in Maryland's election.

By Thalia Juarez

Nov 6, 2018

• Opinion

Maryland Gov. Hogan won re-election. Now what?

Gov. Larry Hogan's win in his race for re-election leaves lots of questions: How will he govern in a second term? And what do Democrats do now?

• Opinion

How to watch Maryland's election results

Trying to figure out if a blue wave is sweeping Maryland or if Gov. Hogan has a red tide of his own? Here's how to watch the results.

• Politics

Time to vote: Politicians, nonprofits urge Marylanders to get to the polls no matter the weather

With thunderstorms in the forecast, political and nonpartisan operations alike are in overdrive to get hundreds of thousands of Marylanders voters to the polls on Election Day. And political campaigns for races large and small aren’t resting until they crash Tuesday night.

• Politics

All the spin that's fit to print: Maryland election is a boon for these small businesses

There are 600 printers in Maryland that employ some 16,000 people and their peak season is right now — at least for the shops that turn out campaign material for the Nov. 6 election.

By Doug Donovan

Nov 5, 2018

• Maryland

Five things to watch in Carroll County's 2018 midterm elections Tuesday

Here are some key races and issues to watch heading into Carroll County's 2018 midterm elections. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

• Opinion

Don't trust politicians to fix health care system

Neither Democrats nor Republicans have been forthcoming about health care.

• Opinion

Witcover: GOP: A party that has lost its soul

President Trump has changed the very face of the Grand Old Party into a wrecking crew of American ideals toward immigration and recently toward citizenship itself, to maintain a presidency that has fallen into chaos and political expediency for survival.

• Commentary

Pyatt: Medicine improving, but costs of care keep climbing

Health care has become our No. 1 national priority. Being Americans, we also want to eat fast food, work two or more jobs with less sleep, park next to our favorite shop if we actually buy stuff at a store, buy most things online, and have our marvelous doctors and researchers perform miracles for

• Politics

Democrats, Republicans have hopes for clean sweep in crowded race for House district in Baltimore County

Six candidates are vying for three spots in the Maryland House of Delegates representing northeastern Baltimore County. The district has elected a mix of Republicans and Democrats for decades, but both parties are working for a clean sweep this year in the 8th District.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 3, 2018

• Opinion

Hogan's media campaign has been textbook; can anything derail it now?

With just days to go before the midterm election, Gov. Larry Hogan has run a media campaign that will be one for the textbooks. Can anything derail it now?

By David Zurawik

Nov 2, 2018

• Politics

Maryland sees uptick in candidates younger than 30, bringing enthusiasm, optimism to the general election ballot

More candidates younger than 30 will appear on Maryland general election ballots this fall than in 2014. Political experts and leading scholars say that reflects national trends that show higher levels of engagement and optimism among young people. At least 26 candidates under 30 are running.

By Hallie Miller

Nov 2, 2018

• Politics

By the numbers: what Maryland's early voting figures tell us about where it's popular, which voters turned out

Maryland’s eight-day early voting period wrapped up with a record number of voters casting ballots in person before Election Day. The election will determine whether GOP Gov. Larry Hogan or his Democratic challenger, Ben Jealous, will take an oath of office for a four-year term in January.

By Michael Dresser

Nov 2, 2018

• Commentary

Batavick: Your county, and country, depend on your vote Nov. 6

It is time to hold people and parties accountable, whether it’s for our uncivil discourse, the legislative branch’s timidity in exercising its Constitutional duty to balance executive over-reach, Washington corruption, or the soaring deficit.

• Opinion

Hogan: Not extreme but not good enough for Md.

Hogan is better than most Republicans but that's too low a bar for Maryland's next governor.

• Opinion

Ben Jealous could save you a bundle on health care

Since the national Republican Party and our governor are disinclined to rein in drug prices, Marylanders hoping for relief with the bills they pay at the pharmacy, should take a closer look at Democrat Ben Jealous’ health care strategy.

• Maryland

Letters: Incumbent delegates have been AWOL; Republicans no longer party of family values

Westminster resident writes that District 5's incumbent delegates are ineffective; a member of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee says that the Republican Party is no longer the party of family values.

• Obituaries

George W. Towle, retired accountant and school activist, dies

Retired Baltimore County accountant fought elementary school closures and was active in the GOP

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 31, 2018

• Opinion

Former Md. Democratic Party chairman: I'm crossing party lines to vote for Hogan; you should too

Former Maryalnd Democratic Party chairman Nathan Landow explains why he supports gov. Larry Hogan.

• Donald Trump

Robert B. Reich: Hate unbound

Fear and hate are at the center of the Trump presidency and its Fox News propaganda machine, says Robert Reich.

• Politics

Sanders rallies with Jealous as Maryland Gov. Hogan seeks to boost Redmer in Baltimore County

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders brought a jolt of energy to Democrat Ben Jealous’ struggling campaign to unseat Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in Maryland. Sanders told a raucous full house at an historic Bethesda theater that Jealous will be one of the greatest governors in U.S. history.

By Michael Dresser

Oct 30, 2018

• Maryland

Carroll County's early voting numbers pacing higher than last gubernatorial race, rival 2016 election turnout

As the final day of early voting approaches, Carroll County citizens have been coming out in higher numbers than in previous years.