Depriving Marylanders of multiple chances to hear candidates get challenged by independent observers – and each other – only hurts the state’s residents.

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Billing himself as the only Democrat who can defeat first-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. officially announced his candidacy. With the announcement, made at the Universities at Shady Grove Monday, Madaleno became the sixth Democrat to ...

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Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz hasn't officially said what he'll be running for in 2018 is asking donors for help hitting his quarterly fundraising goals.

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Shea becomes the second Democrat this week to announce his candidacy in what could be a crowded field for the party nomination in 2018.

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A Maryland measure enacted last year tightening the state's gun-control laws has been a recurring issue in the governor's race.

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After Maryland Health Connection officials released updated enrollment numbers on Friday, Rep. John K. Delaney, a freshman Democrat who represents Western Maryland and Montgomery County, put out a public statement decrying that Maryland is “still lagging behind the national numbers.”

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday.

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Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown described familiar policy priorities to municipal leaders Tuesday evening -- and then he hit the road for another stump speech.

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Several elected officials who fancy themselves a candidate for governor have found an ideal audience in Ocean City this week for the Maryland Municipal League’s annual conference.

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A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

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