Ivey ends bid to unseat Rep. Edwards in Maryland

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 11, 2012
Tags: 4th district, campaign, democrat, election, Glenn Ivey, maryland, primary, rep. donna edwards

WASHINGTON — Former prosecutor Glenn Ivey is ending his Democratic primary challenge to Rep. Donna Edwards in Maryland’s 4th District. Ivey said in a statement Wednesday that he found it difficult to raise enough money to get his message out in the Washington and Baltimore media markets. A spokesman says Ivey had raised about $160,000. [...]

Mooney out, Afzali in for 6th District race

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 10, 2012
Tags: alex mooney, Congress, democrat, Elections, frederick, kathy afzali, primary, republicans, rob garagiola, roscoe bartlett, western maryland

Maryland Republican Party Chairman Alex Mooney said Tuesday he will not run for Congress in the state’s 6th District and has endorsed incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. Separately, freshman Republican Del. Kathy Afzali, R-Frederick, announced Tuesday that she would enter the GOP primary. Mooney, a former state senator, formed an exploratory committee to consider running for the [...]

Groups propose resetting Baltimore election cycle

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 9, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore election change coalition, election cycle, Elections, maryland, mayor, politicians, primary, turnout, voters, votes

After a string of low-turnout elections in Baltimore, a coalition of groups called Monday for the city to shift its election cycle. Representatives of several community groups are forming the Baltimore Election Change Coalition to push for legislation that would bring the city’s elections in line with the statewide cycle to boost turnout and save [...]

Muse scheduled to announce U.S. Senate bid

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 5, 2012
Tags: c. anthony muse, candidate, democrat, election, primary, Prince George's County, sen. ben cardin, state senate, u.s senate, upper marlboro

UPPER MARLBORO — State Sen. C. Anthony Muse is scheduled to announce his candidacy for U.S. Senate. Muse, D-Prince George’s, has scheduled the announcement in Upper Marlboro on Thursday night. He would then take on Sen. Benjamin Cardin in the primary. Muse has been a state senator since 2007.

State Sen. Nancy Jacobs to run for Congress

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 3, 2012
Tags: andy harris, Annapolis, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Congress, congressional district, democrat, dutch ruppersberger, harford county, larry smith, maryland, maryland 2nd district, primary, republican, state sen. nancy jacobs

ANNAPOLIS — Republican state Sen. Nancy Jacobs says she will run for Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District seat. Jacobs, who now represents Cecil and Harford Counties in the state Senate, said Tuesday she has ruled out running for governor or Harford County executive and will announce her congressional bid at a news conference Thursday in Essex in [...]

Obama pushing for payroll tax cut extension

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 22, 2011
Tags: election, jobs, mitt romney, obama, occupy wall street, payroll tax, president barack obama, primary, Unemployment, white house

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Barack Obama, visiting the home of the nation’s first presidential primary, urged Republicans to support a payroll tax cut next week. Obama argued Tuesday that a failure to extend the tax breaks would hurt middle-class families already struggling amid a shaky economy, effectively daring congressional Republicans to block the extension and [...]

Prince George’s Democrats pick Davis in primary

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 21, 2011
Tags: county council, democrat, derrick leon davis, election, jack johnson, leslie johnson, primary, Prince George's County, Rushern baker

UPPER MARLBORO — Prince George’s County voters have chosen a replacement for Councilwoman Leslie Johnson. According to the county board of elections, Derrick Leon Davis won Tuesday’s special primary election to fill Johnson’s District 6 seat. Davis, a former school system official and current chairman of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, received 55 percent of [...]

C. Fraser Smith: Moving from mandate to governing 

BY: C. Fraser Smith
POSTED: September 15, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, C. Fraser Smith, election, Government, maryland, mayor rawlings-blake, primary

Does Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have a mandate to govern Baltimore? Of course she does. She took over 52 percent of the vote over an above-average field of opponents in last Tuesday’s election. The suggestion that she’s a mayor without a strong voter endorsement is almost an echo of the campaign. Over the last nine months, [...]

Baltimore voters head to polls for city primary

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 13, 2011
Tags: alfred griffin, armstead jones, Baltimore, catherine pugh, Elections, frank conaway, jody landers, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, otis rolley, polls, primary, vicki ann harding, votes, wilton wilson

Election officials say less than 10 percent of eligible voters have cast ballots in the first eight hours of voting in Baltimore’s primary election. Observers say Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has a lead in the Democratic mayoral primary. But challengers say they can oust her on Tuesday if enough supporters make it to voting booths. Election [...]

Mayoral hopefuls lay out positions on Baltimore business issues

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 5, 2011
Tags: catherine pugh, democrat, election, joseph t. jody landers, mayor, otis rolley, primary, stephanie rawlings-blake

With Baltimore’s primary election day one week away, The Daily Record asked the five major Democratic candidates five questions about business and economic development issues that the next mayor must confront. Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway Sr. did not respond to our questions in time to be included. Click on each of the [...]

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