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2026 election

A voting sign is displayed at Metropolitan Library during the Georgia Midterm Primary Election in Atlanta on May 19, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)
Jul 14, 2026

No recount in tight primary for Carroll County state’s attorney

There won’t be a recount in the Republican primary for Carroll County state’s attorney, which was decided by just 176 votes.

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Jun 30, 2026

Ex-lawyer seeks reinstatement to MD bar after US House primary win

Robin Ficker, the former attorney who won the Republican nomination for Maryland's 6th Congressional District, is seeking to be readmitted to the state bar.

Will Jawando claimed victory in the Democratic primary for county executive in Silver Spring on Friday. (Leah Millis/For The Washington Post)
Jun 26, 2026

Jawando declares victory in executive race in Maryland’s largest county

Will Jawando declared victory Friday in the Democratic primary for county executive in Montgomery County, which has elected only Democrats to the office for decades.

Del. Derrick Coley, right, shown with Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy in January on the day the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee chose him to fill a District 24 vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates. On Thursday afternoon, Coley had a small lead over his Democratic primary challenger, Crystal Carpenter. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)
Jun 26, 2026

Some MD delegates still locked in tight primary contests two days after election

For most of the candidates running for Maryland’s General Assembly, the dust is now settling after Tuesday’s primary election. But a select few are still locked in tight races two days later.

In the Baltimore Register of Wills Democratic primary race, Shanai Dunmore, right, is challenging incumbent Belinda Conaway, left.
Jun 24, 2026

Register of wills primaries: Most incumbents prevail; frontrunners emerge in PG County

Maryland's incumbent registers of wills largely either won or held powerful leads in their Tuesday primary races, with some exceptions.

Campaign signs for Montgomery County Council members Andrew Friedson and Will Jawando outside Rockville High School on Tueday. (Photo by Mayah Nachman/Maryland Matters)
Jun 24, 2026

Expensive, contentious executive races to lead big counties into the future

Democratic voters in four counties selected a new generation of leaders Tuesday, making history in at least two of them.

Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) is joined on stage by his wife, Lea, and their children, Caleb and Cora, at an election night victory party Tuesday, after Ferguson survived one of his biggest political challenges in years. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters)
Jun 24, 2026

Despite some challenges, most legislators appear headed to reelection

Despite some aggressive challenges, an overwhelming majority of state lawmakers who were seeking reelection in Tuesday’s primaries skated through with relative ease.

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Jun 23, 2026

Tapp-Harper claims victory over Cogen, poised to be Baltimore’s first female sheriff

Sabrina Tapp-Harper declared victory over incumbent Baltimore City Sheriff Sam Cogen in the Democratic primary race.

Sen. Dalya Attar and Del. Malcolm P. Ruff are facing off in the race for the District 41 Senate race to represent Baltimore in the Maryland legislature. (The Daily Record)
Jun 23, 2026

Ruff beats Attar in MD Senate primary, AP calls

Maryland Del. Malcolm Ruff beat incumbent Sen. Dalya Attar in the Baltimore 41st district Senate primary amid Attar's criminal indictment, the Associated Press called.

Sarah David, the 2025 Top Leader in Law honoree, announces the 2026 Top Leader in Law winner during The Daily Record's Leaders in Law event April 20, 2026. (Steve Ruark/The Daily Record)
Jun 23, 2026

Sarah David beats Scott Shellenberger for Baltimore County state’s attorney

Sarah David won the Baltimore County state's attorney race.

Prince George's County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson has raised the most money of any candidate in a contested primary for state’s attorney. (Courtesy of the Jackson campaign)
Jun 23, 2026

Tara Jackson defeats Wanika Fisher for Prince George’s state’s attorney

Incumbent Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson will keep her job after Tuesday's primary election.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, shown in April 2026, and Republican politician Dan Cox, shown in 2022, won their respective primary elections. (The Daily Record file photos)
Jun 23, 2026

Wes Moore to face Dan Cox again in MD governor’s race

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Republican politician Dan Cox won their respective primary elections, setting up a rematch.