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Belinda Conaway

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.

In the Baltimore Register of Wills Democratic primary race, Shanai Dunmore, right, is challenging incumbent Belinda Conaway, left.
Jun 12, 2026

Baltimore City register of wills race: Audit, legal attacks hang over campaign

A former top official at Baltimore City’s probate office hopes to shake up her ex-boss's multigenerational family political dynasty at the circuit courthouse.

According to a report from the state auditor Baltimore City Register of Wills Belinda K. Conaway's office failed to justify more than $1 million in spending on media and promotional material from 2017 to 2024 among other issues. (The Daily Record File photo)
Jul 7, 2015

Conaway chronicles her role as register of wills

Since we reported in May that Belinda K. Conaway had been in the hospital with a serious illness, efforts to track down Baltimore‘s register of wills have been unsuccessful. Efforts […]

According to a report from the state auditor Baltimore City Register of Wills Belinda K. Conaway's office failed to justify more than $1 million in spending on media and promotional material from 2017 to 2024 among other issues. (The Daily Record File photo)
May 8, 2015

More on the Baltimore register of wills

One detail I couldn't get into Thursday's story about Baltimore Register of Wills' Belinda K. Conaway's "serious illness" -- what happens, under state law, should she not be able to continue on in her position?

May 7, 2015

Sources: Belinda Conaway in hospital with ‘serious illness’

Belinda K. Conaway, Baltimore's register of wills, has been out of the office for approximately a month due to a serious illness, sources have told The Daily Record. Conaway is hospitalized at the University of Maryland Medical Center, according to the sources. A spokesman for the hospital said Wednesday that a "Belinda Conaway" is in critical condition but could not confirm the patient's ident[...]