OK, so at some disputed level, neither candidate for the U.S. Senate in Delaware recently stood out in terms of basic knowledge of what the First Amendment actually says. Then there are the results a few weeks ago from another ...

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Former President Bill Clinton and several Democratic Congressmen and women and public officials from Maryland met on Federal Hill on Thursday afternoon to rally for this election's Democratic ticket, in particular, Gov. Martin O'Malley.

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WOODLAWN — Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Gov. Robert Ehrlich are expressing their differing opinions on the federal health care reform law. The two met for their third debate of the 2010 Maryland governor’s race on Thursday on Larry Young’s ...

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I wrote last week about the defamation lawsuit Rick Reinhardt filed Julie Ensor, his rival for clerk of the Baltimore County Circuit Court. The article prompted some online discussion, and the big question was one my editor posed when I ...

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While the emergence of tea party candidates is getting headlines in this fall’s midterm elections, another trend with free-speech implications has popped up, as well — candidates and supporters going to court, not just the ballot box, to challenge opponents’ ...

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ANNAPOLIS — With two weeks to go before Election Day, Republican Robert Ehrlich’s campaign announced Tuesday that the former governor has about $1.7 million cash on hand for his rematch with Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley. Ehrlich has raised more than $2.8 million ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Washington Post and The (Easton) Star Democrat have endorsed Gov. Martin O’Malley for a second term in his rematch with Republican former Gov. Robert Ehrlich. The endorsements were made Sunday, days before former President Bill Clinton is ...

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Under Maryland’s Election Law, candidates for public office are listed alphabetically by surname on the primary election ballot and within party groupings on the general election ballot when there is more than one candidate of the same political party for ...

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Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said he would clean out Maryland’s business regulation arm with a “power hose” and repurpose the “dormant” Department of Business and Economic Development if given another shot at running the state. Maryland has struck ...

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Everyone in politics says Election 2010 is all about turnout and excitement. If you’ve got the latter, the former might take care of itself. Might is the operative word. Forewarned by the upheaval in other states, prudent campaigns are furiously ...

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