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Busy early voting in Harford likely means high turnout on Election Day

Early voting at Harford County’s four polling places has been steady throughout the first five days, elections officials said, an indicator Nov. 6 will also be busy.

By Erika Butler

Oct 30, 2018

• Opinion

How Republicans handed Democrats the health care issue

Conventional wisdom says Americans vote their pocketbooks. That’s why health care offers Democrats an advantage in the midterms, despite the strong economy and the shortcomings of the Affordable Care Act.

• Opinion

Sun endorsements: The 'Drive for Five' Senate races

The Sun provides endorsements in the six state Senate races targeted as part of Gov. Larry Hogan's "Drive for Five."

• Opinion

Goldberg: Logic of the vendetta now guides our politics

American politics is descending further into the logic of the vendetta, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Politics

Strong to the polls: 82,253 Marylanders cast ballots in second day of early voting

Marylanders continued to cast a high number of ballots on the second day of early voting in this year’s general election, turning in 82,253 ballots, according to unofficial figures released Friday evening by state elections officials.

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 26, 2018

• Politics

On the ballot statewide: Should Maryland allow people to register on Election Day?

Amid a national debate on access to the franchise, voters in Maryland will decide next month whether to allow same-day registration on Election Day for future elections. Del. Kirill Reznik has been pushing the idea for about a decade. He sees "it as part of a national conversation."

By Ian Duncan

Oct 26, 2018

• Politics

Democrat Olszewski has more cash than GOP's Redmer in final days of Baltimore County executive campaign

Baltimore County executive candidates Al Redmer Jr. and Johnny Olszewski Jr. are raising and spending money quickly as they approach election day.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 26, 2018

• Politics

Maryland Republican Party concedes that get-out-the-vote mailing depicting liberal protesters was 'inartful'

The Maryland Republican Party concedes a mailer to urge conservatives to vote that depicts apparently liberal protesters was an "inartful" way to get its message out. Spokesman Patrick O'Keefe says the flyer was meant to echo Democrats' language about high turnout by their own supporters.

By Ian Duncan

Oct 26, 2018

• Opinion

Trump unexpectedly supports criminal justice reform act

In an unexpected move from a self-described “law and order” administration, President Trump recently signaled his support for the First Step Act, which passed the House earlier this year and is designed to reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws for nonviolent drug offenders.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: The truth about the Trump economy

Instead of an "economic boom," most Americans are experiencing declines in their living standards, says Robert Reich.

• Opinion

An election reform agenda for Maryland's next governor and legislature

Maryland's voters are expressing clear dissatisfaction with the choices the two major political parties offer. Here are steps Democrats and Republicans should take in response.

• Politics

Maryland nears record high voter registration — and independents make up the fastest-growing group

The number of Maryland voters registered as independents has grown faster than those for either major party since the 2014 midterms. The state elections board says the number of registered voters overall topped 3.9 million in September. That's just shy of the record high, set in January 2017.

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump's unintended public service is getting out the vote

Jules Witcover: President Trump is not on the ballot, but Americans will still be voting for or against him on Nov. 6.

• Opinion

Pitts: Progressives need more than a majority

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Liberals could have the world they want if they had the wit, will and courage of their convictions.

• Maryland

Nobel laureate William Nordhaus provided tools to fight global warming. It's tragic conservatives ignored him.

The awarding of a Nobel prize in economics this week to William Nordhaus — the first economist to develop a model of how the climate and the global economy are

• Opinion

Goldberg: Kavanaugh confirmation was ugly, and things will only get uglier

Confirming Brett Kavanaugh was the best outcome at the end of a hellish decision tree that left the country with no ideal option. Reasonable people may differ on that. But what seems more obvious: It's all going to get worse. Because everyone is taking the wrong lessons from the Kavanaugh debacle.

• Politics

GOP Gov. Larry Hogan has led polls by double digits in a blue state for a year. Even pollsters have questions.

In poll after poll, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has led by an average of 18 percentage points over his Democratic challenger, Ben Jealous. That's in Maryland, where Hillary Clinton easily defeated Donald Trump by nearly 30 points in 2016 and Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1.

By Luke Broadwater

Oct 11, 2018

• Opinion

Pitts: 'The Republican Party has clearly lost its way'

Leonard Pitts Jr.: The existence of "Republicans for Integrity" implies that integrity has become rare in the GOP.

• Politics

Gonzales poll: Hogan leads Jealous by 18 points for Maryland governor; Attorney General Frosh up 9 over Wolf

With less than a month to go until Election Day, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan continues to hold a commanding lead as he seeks a second term in charge of Maryland's state government.

By Luke Broadwater

Oct 10, 2018

• Maryland

Letters: GOP, Trump have divided America; culture of inequality must end

A reader from Westminster writes: Lincoln stated that a “House divided against itself cannot stand.” Today, we have Donald Trump, the “Make America Great Again” guy. How can you make the country great again by doing more to divide Americans than any other President in U.S. history?

• Commentary

Carter: Election forums upcoming, but perhaps not with all candidates

Two candidate forums are scheduled for this week, at the Community Media Center’s in Westminster, one for commissioner candidates another for state legislative candidates. However, the incumbent delegates have, thus far, decided not to participate.

• Commentary

Scanlan: Remember when... ?

Yes, times sure have changed. Cooperation, consensus and compromise have become dirty words. Honesty and integrity seem to have become expendable commodities in our throw-away culture.

• Politics

Court suggests settlement talks in Maryland congressional redistricting case

A panel of federal judges in Baltimore has suggested settlement discussions be pursued in a case in which Republican voters in Maryland's 6th congressional district want to toss out a map they say was crafted to benefit Democrats. The district stretches from Montgomery County to western Maryland.

By Jeff Barker

Oct 4, 2018

• Opinion

The fix is in for Brett Kavanaugh

The FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh was never about finding the truth; it was about vulnerable GOP senators covering their backsides.

• Maryland

Editorial: Better Angels seeks to promote bipartisan alliances

A group known as Better Angels is trying to bring Republicans and Democrats in communities together to suss out their issues with one another and their positions through workshops, debates and trainings. It will be hosting an informational session Saturday at the Westminster branch library.

• Politics

Former Maryland congressional candidate shares explicit alleged details about Kavanaugh accuser's sex life

The statement was circulated by the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

• Maryland

Letters: Jealous thinks like the Russians; Colvin would be better representative for women

Readers comment on Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous and Jesse Colvin, candidate for Maryland's 1st Congressional District.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: America's bullies

The midterm elections aren't a contest between right or left, but bullies and the bullied, says Robert Reich.

• Opinion

Gerrymandering helps Cummings, not Baltimore

Democratic gerrymandering might help politicians like Elijah Cummings but it's not in the interests of voters.

• Maryland

I finally had to say something [Letter]

Since the election of Trump, I have refrained from writing any letters to the editor. The endless and ever increasing stream of lies, half-truths, misstatement of fact, and his ignorance of the Constitution, U.S. history, world affairs and denial of science has finally induced me to pick up my pen.

• Opinion

Witcover: Last-minute reprieve in the Senate Judiciary Committee

The last-minute delay in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, to allow for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against him, may save the Senate Judiciary Committee from a rerun of the earlier Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill fiasco.

• Opinion

Ben Jealous has promised to do a lot of things. We didn't expect gerrymandering to be one of them.

At the very least, Ben Jealous just promised, if elected, to maintain Maryland's egregious partisan gerrymander.

• Opinion

After the Kavanaugh hearing, throw all the senators out

Senators of both parties disgraced themselves in the Kavanaugh hearings.

• Politics

Hogan among four GOP governors seeking delay of Kavanaugh vote

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is among four Republican governors calling on the U.S. Senate to delay a confirmation vote on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until there’s an independent investigation of whether he committed one or more sexual assaults while in high school.

By Luke Broadwater

Sep 27, 2018

• Opinion

Zurawik: Kavanaugh-Ford makes for an epic day of TV, politics and emotion. But what do we know to be true?

After eight hours of testimony from Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, we have lots of emotion and little new information.

By David Zurawik

Sep 27, 2018

• Maryland

Poll shows Kittleman leading Ball in Howard County executive's race

Calvin Ball struggles to maintain key Democratic voting blocs while Allan Kittleman struggles most with black voters.

By Erin B. Logan

Sep 25, 2018

• Maryland

Republicans have created these eight problems for themselves and Kavanaugh

On Sunday night, the dam seemed to break in the confirmation fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The duo of Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer (whose

• Opinion

Witcover: 27 years later, echoes of Anita Hill

The allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have generated a revisiting of the 1991 confirmation hearings on Clarence Thomas, who reached the court by overcoming different charges of sexual misconduct raised against him.

• Opinion

Md. Democrats' whisper campaign against David Trone 'shameful,' 'stupid'

As the Democratic Party nationally unites to flip seats red-to-blue in order to win back Congress, local Democratic insiders in Maryland have reportedly begun a whisper campaign about candidate David Trone’s recent diagnosis and treatment for cancer. This is shameful. It’s also stupid.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Feinstein's handling of Kavanaugh accusation has made our politics even uglier

The only thing certain in the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh is that Sen. Dianne Feinstein has behaved outrageously, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Senate GOP enlightenment in the age of #MeToo: Pretend to care before ignoring the woman

Senate Republicans could not make it clearer that they want to do the absolute minimum to hear out Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser before ignoring her and moving on with a swift confirmation.

• Opinion

It's not just the GOP that's afraid of socialist Dems

I don’t pretend to know what is going on in the Democratic Party, but as an observer and young Dem, I see a definite shift toward the left. I, myself, am filled with both enthusiasm and fear.

• Opinion

Jesse Colvin would make a great congressman

Maryland's 1st District voters have an opportunity to elect a highly qualified military veteran to represent them in Congress.

• Politics

Will Howard County go red or blue? Voters see spirited campaign for county executive

Maryland's Howard County — a swing jurisdiction that’s had two Democrats and two Republicans as county executives since 1990 — often mirrors the sentiment of the state as a whole, and political observers are watching the Allan Kittleman-Calvin Ball race for signs of trends.

By Luke Broadwater

Sep 14, 2018

• Maryland

Commentary: Barack Obama is great for Republicans

Barack Obama is the best president Republicans have ever had.

• Opinion

Witcover: Obama joins the midterm fray

Jules Witcover: Will Barack Obama's decision to join the midterm fray do more harm to Democrats than help?

• Politics

Democrats, Republicans and Bread and Roses? New socialist party could be on the ballot in Maryland.

The Bread and Roses Party, a self-identified socialist group, is 227 certified signatures away from the 10,000 it needs to get onto the ballot in Maryland. The state Board of Elections rejected the party's request to list Jerome Segal as its U.S. Senate candidate, and he's suing the board.

By Luke Broadwater

Sep 13, 2018

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Kavanaugh will further divide us

Brett Kavanaugh will further divide us; for this reason alone, he shouldn't be confirmed, says Robert Reich.

• Opinion

Hurricane Florence may reshape the climate change debate

With potentially historic Hurricane Florence fed by warm ocean waters bearing down, the EPA looks to relax more greenhouse gas emission rules.

• Opinion

Something really wrong inside this White House

It isn't an op-ed writer who needs to be investigated, it's a White House that's running off the rails.