An anti-smoking group says victories in Maryland's primary election have improved the odds that an increase in the tobacco tax will become a reality in 2015.

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Republican Larry Hogan will use public campaign finance money for his general election run for governor of Maryland, a move that will effectively tap out the state's fund unless it is replenished, a state elections board official said Wednesday.

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A former Maryland congressional candidate was fined $5,000 and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service after she admitted to illegally voting in two states during the same general election, a state prosecutor announced Friday. Wendy Rosen, 58, pleaded ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Democrats got behind their nominee Wednesday to take on Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, after strong backing by the state’s Democratic establishment for state Sen. Rob Garagiola wasn’t enough to stop John Delaney. The well-financed banker routed Garagiola in Tuesday’s ...

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Incumbent Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has won Baltimore’s mayoral election, nearly two years after her predecessor stepped down amid scandal. In her two years in office, the former councilwoman has guided the Maryland city through crises including snowstorms and fixing budget gaps. ...

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Baltimore Democratic Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to coast to a re-election victory in the heavily Democratic city. Rawlings-Blake assumed her post last year after her predecessor stepped down amid scandal. Her challengers in Tuesday’s election include Republican Alfred Griffin ...

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Alison L. Asti’s yellow-and-black Election Day flier was “likely to mislead” Anne Arundel County voters and therefore violated a standard of conduct that calls for “truthfulness and dignity” in judicial campaigns, an oversight panel said in an opinion released Thursday. ...

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