Marylanders vote to enshrine abortion in state constitution
Marylanders overwhelmingly voted in favor of enshrining access to reproductive rights, including abortion, in the state Constitution Tuesday. With two thirds of Maryland’s precincts reporting, the...
View ArticleAngela Alsobrooks wins, makes history in US Senate race
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican former two-term Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday in the state’s costliest U.S. Senate race ever. She will be Maryland’s first Black...
View ArticleMaryland election results: Johnny Olszewski, Sarah Elfreth win congressional...
Johnny Olszewski Jr., the two-term Democratic Baltimore County Executive, won his congressional bid to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, besting Republican Kim Klacik. State Sen....
View ArticleLarry Hogan’s winning streak comes to an end
Larry Hogan, who stress-tested a decade’s worth of goodwill and rare, lasting popularity with a long-shot campaign for U.S. Senate this year, saw his winning streak come to an abrupt end Tuesday. Ten...
View ArticleBaltimore votes against slashing City Council size from 14 to 8 districts
Baltimore voters defeated the Question H ballot measure, which aimed to reduce the size of the City Council from 14 to eight districts, with more than 62% of voters saying “no.” The vote marks the...
View Article2024 Maryland general election live returns from Baltimore, congressional...
View the latest election returns for select offices and ballot questions in the Maryland general election concluding on Nov. 5, 2024, including the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Angela Alsobrooks...
View ArticleSome Howard school board race results are too close to call. Here’s what...
Once all the early voting and Election Day ballots were counted in Howard County late Tuesday, results in two of the Board of Education races remained unclear. With only a few dozen votes separating...
View ArticleHow Kamala Harris lost historic presidential race full of twists and turns
Kamala Harris was a few battleground states away from being elected the nation’s first woman president, but she couldn’t overcome an unpopular incumbent president and a fed-up American electorate. Her...
View ArticleWoman takes last-minute flight from Germany to vote in Pennsylvania: report
A 30-year-old woman living in Germany while studying for her master’s degree went to great lengths to vote in the 2024 U.S. election. Lexi Harder told WPVI she flew 15 hours and more than 4,000 miles —...
View ArticleHow Donald Trump won and made a historic comeback
Donald Trump has completed a comeback for the ages. While the Republican president-elect likes the win, he may not like why it’s historic: The nation has never elected someone convicted of felony...
View ArticleHundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots left to count in Maryland
While the majority of Maryland’s local election boards began counting mail-in ballots weeks ago, state election officials said Wednesday that several hundred thousand ballots remain to be canvassed, a...
View ArticleLiz Cheney calls for Americans to accept election results
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., on Wednesday called on Americans to accept the results of Election Day and urged them to act as the “guardrails of democracy” in the months to come. Cheney was a key...
View ArticleHow did your Maryland county vote? Three trends to track as votes are counted.
Early election totals offer insights beyond the winners and losers and into the changing voting behaviors among Marylanders. A day after Election Day, election officials had counted 79% of all...
View ArticleJeff Bezos congratulates Trump on ‘extraordinary’ comeback after...
Jeff Bezos congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday on his election victory, following the billionaire’s controversial decision to block The Washington Post from issuing a presidential...
View ArticleMitch McConnell applauds Trump victory: ‘They ran a spectacular race’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his presidential election victory. Trump picked up major wins in several key swing states,...
View Article8 people vying to replace Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr....
Baltimore County residents will have a chance to weigh in on the council’s choice for a new county executive, replacing newly minted Democratic Congressman-elect Johnny Olszewski Jr. in January. A...
View ArticlePhilly Democratic chair rips into Harris campaign: ‘They were just elitist’
Philadelphia Democratic Party Chair Bob Brady is blaming Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for a weak showing by Democrats in the presidential election, saying he felt disrespected by organizers....
View ArticleBaltimore election director signals delay in certifying election
Baltimore City election director Armstead Jones said Thursday he does not think the Board of Elections will meet the state’s mandatory deadline to certify the 2024 Presidential Election. All local...
View ArticleMaryland attorney general urges recipients of racist texts to come forward
Maryland’s attorney general said Thursday that his office has received “multiple reports of racist text messages” sent to Marylanders over the past few days, part of what is believed to be a nationwide...
View Article2024 Maryland general election live returns from Baltimore, congressional...
View the latest election returns for select offices and ballot questions in the Maryland general election concluding on Nov. 5, 2024, including the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Angela Alsobrooks...
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