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Maryland Democrats pick Rockeymoore Cummings as chair

December 3, 2018 Comments Off on Maryland Democrats pick Rockeymoore Cummings as chair

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the chair of the Maryland Democratic Party.
(AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Maryland Democrats have picked a former gubernatorial hopeful and wife of a powerful congressman as chair of the state party.

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Md. Democrats’ Hogan watchdog ‘Banjo Troll’ quietly leaves

July 28, 2017 Comments Off on Md. Democrats’ Hogan watchdog ‘Banjo Troll’ quietly leaves

Bryan Lesswing, a Democratic strategist hired by the Maryland Democratic Party to hound Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has left after four months to take a job running national campaigns for Emily's List. Lesswing, seen here in a February 2017 photo posing as Donald Trump, became a target of Republican groups and was given the not-so-affectionate nickname of "Banjo Troll." (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

Bryan Lesswing was hired by the Maryland Democratic Party in February as a strategist focused on “holding Gov. Larry Hogan accountable.”

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Democrats criticize Hogan over federal health care proposal

June 28, 2017 Comments Off on Democrats criticize Hogan over federal health care proposal

Kathleen Matthews (center) speaks in February with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) and Sen. Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton, D-Charles County and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee (right). (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

State Democrats Wednesday criticized Gov. Larry Hogan for playing politics and what they said was a lack of leadership in opposing a proposed federal rollback of the Affordable Care Act. Kathleen Matthews, chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, called Hogan ...

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Hogan to attend RGA event at Florida Trump resort

May 15, 2017 Comments Off on Hogan to attend RGA event at Florida Trump resort

Gov. Larry Hogan will spend the first part of the week at a resort owned by President Donald Trump. Hogan is attending a Republican Governors Association event Tuesday and Wednesday at the Trump National Doral Miami resort with a number ...

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Kathleen Matthews tapped to lead Maryland Democratic Party

May 8, 2017 Comments Off on Kathleen Matthews tapped to lead Maryland Democratic Party

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Democratic Party leaders have elected Kathleen Matthews to serve as state party chair through the 2018 general elections. Members of the Democratic State Central Committee elected Matthews as chair on Saturday. She had been elected interim party ...

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Poole to step down as Md. Democratic Party chair; Matthews in line to succeed

February 20, 2017 Comments Off on Poole to step down as Md. Democratic Party chair; Matthews in line to succeed

D. Bruce Poole, chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party and a former state delegate from Hagerstown. (file The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

Poole, a former state delegate from Hagerstown, said he plans to step down on March 1 and that Kathleen Matthews, a former Democratic candidate for Congress, is the "odds on favorite" to succeed him.

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Maryland Democratic Party fires back at Hogan on attorney general resolution

February 17, 2017 Comments Off on Maryland Democratic Party fires back at Hogan on attorney general resolution

Gov. Larry Hogan (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

A Maryland Democratic Party spokesman hired to “hold Gov. Larry Hogan accountable” is firing back after the first-term Republican criticized the opposition party of playing politics and focusing on linking him to President Donald Trump. Bryan Lesswing, who was recently ...

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Maryland Democrats hire strategist to focus on Hogan

February 16, 2017 Comments Off on Maryland Democrats hire strategist to focus on Hogan

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Democratic Party says it has hired a strategist to focus on “holding Gov. Larry Hogan accountable.” Citing a statement from the Maryland Democratic Party, The Baltimore Sun reports that Bryan Lesswing has been hired as a ...

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Md. Democratic Party: Hogan’s Trump announcement doesn’t go far enough

June 16, 2016 Comments Off on Md. Democratic Party: Hogan’s Trump announcement doesn’t go far enough

Party leaders called on Hogan to repudiate Trump for comments he has made over the the last few weeks that have drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans for being racist or suggesting that President Barack Obama was not tough enough on terrorism.

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Dems critical of Hogan’s Vegas trip

November 18, 2015 Comments Off on Dems critical of Hogan’s Vegas trip

Gov. Larry Hogan's excursion to Las Vegas is drawing stiff criticism from the Maryland Democratic Party, who accuse the first-term Republican of being just another politician.

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