ANNAPOLIS — Sixteen people applied by Friday’s deadline to fill in for the rest of former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold’s term, including a former first lady of Maryland and a current state delegate. Former first lady Kendel Ehrlich, ...

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Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the election fraud case against political consultant Julius Henson, who is accused of helping orchestrate an automated phone campaign urging black Democrats to stay home during the 2010 general election in Maryland. Prosecutors closed their ...

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Testifying for a second day in his election fraud trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court, political consultant Julius Henson told the jury Monday that automated phone calls that spurred the charges were not meant to keep voters home but to ...

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The judge presiding over the election-fraud trial of Julius Henson denied a motion for acquittal that would have ended the prosecution in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Henson’s lawyer, Edward Smith, made the motion after prosecutors rested their case in on ...

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In the third day of the trial of political consultant Julius Henson on charges of election fraud, his only employee reluctantly testified about the robocalls at the center of the case and her opinion that they were designed to be ...

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Within minutes of Tuesday’s election-fraud verdicts against political operative Paul E. Schurick, his lead defense attorney vowed to appeal on the grounds that the law is an unconstitutional restraint on free speech. A. Dwight Pettit said the election law’s use ...

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A federal judge has refused to halt a civil suit filed by Maryland’s attorney general over last-minute Election Day robocalls in the governor’s race. A lawyer for political operative Julius Henson sought the stay saying witnesses called before a grand ...

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The owners of a former Owings Mills restaurant alleged their landlord increased the rent as it attracted more black customers. A state audit faulted the clerk’s office in Baltimore City Circuit Court for not being able to verify nearly $35 ...

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A Baltimore grand jury on Thursday indicted Paul E. Schurick, formerly the communications director and a campaign aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., for helping to coordinate Election Day telephone calls that were allegedly intended to suppress Democratic voter ...

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Gov. Martin O'Malley celebrated his victory over former Gov. Bob Ehrlich Tuesday night at the American Visionary Art Museum in downtown Baltimore. In his speech, he drew on his campaign slogan, saying he intends to keep moving Maryland forward.

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