GOP desperate for ballot signatures, as are Greens
At a Ritchie Highway car wash in May, Republicans pushed petition drive on congressional redistricting. Republicans hoping to overturn Maryland’s gerrymandered congressional districts are sounding...
View ArticleReaction to Supreme Court decision on health care includes victory dances and...
The torrent of comment on the Supreme Court decision to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act fell predictably along party and ideological lines: Democrats and progressives were exulting; Republicans...
View ArticleGOP Chair Mooney now working for Bartlett; Jacobs trying to ‘ditch Dutch’
Alex Mooney State Republican Party Chairman Alex Mooney is now working part time on the staff of U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett as community outreach director. “It’s part time because I’m staying on as...
View ArticleNew Democratic poll shows tight Bartlett-Delaney contest
At a June event in Cumberland, Democratic congressional candidate John Delaney, left, shares a laugh with Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and his wife Ellen. By Glynis Kazanjian Glynis@marylandreporter.com For...
View ArticleNew Democratic poll shows tight Bartlett-Delaney contest
At a June event in Cumberland, Democratic congressional candidate John Delaney, left, shares a laugh with Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and his wife Ellen. This is the corrected version of an earlier story to...
View ArticleNew farm bill would aid more Md. farmers, but hurt food stamp recipients
Maryland farm (By Madbuster75 on Flickr) By Sam Smith Sam@MarylandReporter.com With the U.S. Farm Bill of 2008 about to expire Sept. 30, advocates from Maryland and across the nation are pressuring...
View ArticleMaryland has least compact congressional districts in nation
3rd Congressional District 2012 (Md. Planning Dept. map) By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Maryland is still the undisputed U.S. champion when it comes to drawing sprawling, weirdly shaped...
View ArticleCongressional incumbents crush challengers in fundraising, except in...
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Congressional incumbents in Maryland are crushing their challengers in the crucial fundraising contest, except in the highly competitive 6th Congressional...
View ArticleIn final hours, Bartlett and Delaney work a district with sharp contrasts
John Delaney campaigns in Hagerstown. By Sam Smith Sam@MarylandReporter.com In the final hours of Maryland’s most closely contested congressional race on Sunday, 6th district incumbent Republican...
View ArticleDemocrats consolidate power in Maryland with victories for Obama, Congress,...
Barack Obama (Photo by Porchlife/Flickr) By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com In a state already dominated by Democrats, Maryland voters further consolidated the party’s power Tuesday. The voters...
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