The Lobbyist on the Ballot: How Adrian Boafo Spent Four Years Serving Oracle and Maryland at the Same Time
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Adrian Boafo is running for Congress on a platform of accountability. He's also the only...
Campaigns & Elections
The Annapolis Money Machine in 2026: Who’s Spending, Who’s Benefiting, and What Should Raise Eyebrows
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews If you want to understand Maryland politics, stop listening to the speeches about...
One-Party State: Maryland Democrats Now Running Candidates Everywhere — and That’s the Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For the first time in more than half a century, Maryland Democrats are celebrating what...
The Annapolis Money Machine: How Maryland Campaign Cash Circulates Among Political Insiders
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland politicians like to talk about transparency, accountability, and reform. But if...
Silicon Valley in Annapolis: Waymo’s Push for Driverless Taxis Comes With Campaign Cash for Gov. Wes Moore
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland lawmakers debate whether to open the state’s roads to fully autonomous vehicles, a Silicon...
The Calm Before the PAC Storm
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland politics runs on money, and few political operations in the state currently...
Maryland Bill Targets Utility Donations—But Raises Broader Campaign Finance Questions
By MDBayNews Staff A new bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly is reigniting debate over corporate influence in...
The Incumbent Advantage
By Michael R. Phillips | MDBayNews / Thunder Report Investigations As Maryland campaigns approach the March 5 campaign...
The Top 100 Donors Who Control Maryland Politics
By Michael R. Phillips | MDBayNews / Thunder Report For years, Maryland politicians have insisted that policy decisions in...
In Much of Maryland, the Real Election Happens in June
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s 2026 candidate filings reveal something that isn’t immediately obvious from a simple...
Three Seats, Limited Competition: The Hidden Math Behind Maryland’s Delegate Primaries
By MDBayNews Staff At first glance, Maryland’s 2026 candidate filings suggest healthy participation in House of Delegates...
44% of Maryland Legislative Races Lack Two-Party Competition After Filing Deadline
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The numbers are in — and they are hard to ignore. According to newly compiled...
Delegate Eric Bouchat Will Not Seek Re-Election After Two Decades on Maryland Ballots
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews CARROLL COUNTY — After appearing on Maryland ballots for nearly 20 years, Delegate...
Ethics Questions Still Linger Around Maryland AG Anthony Brown
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Thirteen months after a formal ethics complaint was filed against Maryland Attorney General...
Can Maryland Fix Its One-Party Democracy? A Reform Roadmap for Real Competition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s one-party dominance is not new. Democrats have controlled the General Assembly...
Safe Seats, Silent Voters: What Maryland’s One-Party Rule Means for Democracy
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In a state where one party controls virtually every lever of power, what does it say about...
Filing Clock Ticking: Does the Deadline Cripple Gov. Moore’s Redistricting Push?
By MDBayNews Staff With just days remaining before Maryland’s candidate filing deadline on February 24, a late-stage...
Hogan’s Legacy: How Maryland Republicans Broke Themselves—and Why 2026 Looks Like Another Loss
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Republicans enter the 2026 election cycle facing an uncomfortable question they’ve spent...
Maryland’s Money Gap: How Democrats’ War Chests (and Out-of-State Networks) Shape a One-Party State
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s campaign-finance filings keep telling the same story: Democrats are building massive...
Maryland’s Campaign Finance System: Transparency on Paper, Loopholes in Practice
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s campaign finance laws are often described as some of the more structured and...
Moore’s Ethical Line—Drawn Late—Reignites Maryland’s Pay-to-Play Debate
By MDBayNews Editorial Desk A Baltimore Sun exclusive this morning lit up Annapolis—and not because it revealed a crime....
Ferguson’s $2 Million War Chest — and the Curious Fear of a $75K Challenger
By MDBayNews Staff By any normal political standard, a sitting Senate President with nearly $2 million in the bank should...
Montgomery County GOP Builds Early Bench for 2026 in Heavily Democratic Terrain
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland’s 2026 election cycle takes shape, the Montgomery County Republican Party (MCGOP) is...
Out-of-State Money Is Reshaping Maryland Elections — And Voters Rarely Hear About It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland likes to present itself as a state driven by grassroots politics and local values....
Money, Message, and Maryland: What Wes Moore’s Massive War Chest Really Says
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Gov. Wes Moore enters the 2026 election cycle with a campaign balance sheet most incumbents can...
Maryland’s Political Money Machine: Who’s Raising the Most Heading Into 2026—and Why It Matters
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland heads toward the 2026 election cycle, new campaign finance filings offer a revealing...
Moore’s Money Machine Dominates 2026 Governor’s Race—And the GOP Gap Widens Further
By MDBayNews Staff The financial contours of Maryland’s 2026 gubernatorial race have become even clearer—and more...
Moore–Miller Campaign Brags About Fundraising Record—But Avoids Maryland’s Hard Questions
By MDBayNews Staff The campaign for Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller is celebrating what it calls a...
Maryland Democrats Turn on Themselves Over Risky Mid-Cycle Redistricting Push
By MDBayNews Staff A rare and revealing public split has emerged inside Maryland’s Democratic supermajority as state...
With Hogan Out, Who Do Maryland Republicans Turn To in 2026?
By MDBayNews Staff With former Gov. Larry Hogan formally ruling out a return to the governor’s mansion on January 20,...
Delaney vs. Trone: Democratic Infighting Spills Into MD-06
As Maryland Democrats prepare for a crowded and expensive 2026 primary in the 6th Congressional District, a familiar fault...
DNC Enters Maryland Voter Roll Lawsuit, Escalating Fight Over Election Integrity
By MDBayNews Staff A growing legal battle over how Maryland maintains its voter rolls is quickly becoming a national proxy...
2026 Maryland Governor’s Race Takes Shape as Filing Deadline Nears
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 2026 Maryland gubernatorial election is set for November 3, 2026, with primary...
Green Party Ticket Backs HB 101, Challenging Maryland’s Debate Rules
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A bill moving through the Maryland General Assembly is drawing new attention to how...
Open Seats and High Stakes: A Look at Maryland’s 2026 County Executive Races
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 2026 election cycle is shaping up to be one of the most consequential years for local...
MD-06 GOP Candidate Burnett Highlights National Security Credentials After Syria Strikes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As Maryland’s 6th Congressional District race begins to take shape, Republican candidate...
Maryland’s FairVote: Nonpartisan in Name, Ideological in Practice?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews FairVote bills itself as a nonpartisan champion of democracy, best known for promoting...
David Trone Is Back on TV — Again. What’s Actually Different This Time?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Opinion If it feels like Maryland’s television airwaves are already drowning in...