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Maryland’s U.S. House Races 2026

Maryland’s 5th District Heads to November With a Field Winnowed to Three

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 5th Congressional District spent the first half of 2026 as the state's most crowded primary...

Staff Writer
September 13, 2026

Delaney’s Family Account Kept Buying Stock. She Also Voted No on a Trading Crackdown.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. April McClain Delaney has cosponsored a bill that would ban members of Congress, their...

Michael Phillips
September 12, 2026

Montgomery County Disbanded Its DUI Unit. Hours Later, Two People Died in a Wrong-Way Crash.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The timing is not something anyone in Montgomery County government chose, and it does not...

Michael Phillips
August 30, 2026

Riley Presses Raskin Over His Support for Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Republican congressional candidate Cheryl Riley spent part of this week pressing Rep. Jamie...

Michael Phillips
August 27, 2026

Ivey, McDermott and Husseini: The MD-4 Field for November

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 4th Congressional District has three names on the November ballot: Democratic incumbent Glenn...

Staff Writer
August 21, 2026

A 90-to-1 Fundraising Gap: Inside the MD-3 General Election

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 3rd Congressional District has its November matchup set: Democratic incumbent Sarah Elfreth...

Staff Writer
August 17, 2026

A Rematch Two Years in the Making: Inside the MD-2 General Election

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 2nd Congressional District doesn't carry the national attention MD-1 does, but the ballot...

Staff Writer
August 13, 2026

The Eastern Shore Faces a Familiar Choice: Inside the MD-1 General Election

With the June primary settled, Maryland's 1st Congressional District has its three-way lineup for November: Republican...

Staff Writer
August 9, 2026

Maryland’s Van Hollen Bet Big on a Michigan Candidate Who Wants Him Running the Senate Democrats — Raskin Cheered From the House

Van Hollen was the first sitting senator to back Abdul El-Sayed after Bernie Sanders. Raskin called his win proof of...

Michael Phillips
August 6, 2026

Robin Ficker Won the GOP Primary With $401 Left in the Bank. Now What?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Robin Ficker is the Republican nominee for Maryland's 6th Congressional District this fall....

Michael Phillips
July 29, 2026

MD-6 Primary Delivers a Clear Democratic Winner — and a GOP Puzzle Heading Into November

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Staff Incumbent April McClain Delaney won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's Sixth...

Michael Phillips
June 24, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
June 7, 2026

MDBayNews Voter Guide: Maryland’s 8th Congressional District

Maryland's 8th Congressional District Montgomery County | June 23, 2026 Primary...

Michael Phillips
May 14, 2026

Maryland’s 5th Congressional District: The Complete 2026 Voter Guide

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews District at a GlanceGeography: All of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties; parts of...

Michael Phillips
May 13, 2026

The Field Nobody’s Covering: Ten Candidates Running in MD-6 While Everyone Watches the Billionaires Fight

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Election 2026 · Maryland's 6th Congressional District Maryland's 6th Congressional...

Michael Phillips
May 10, 2026

Where Is June? Sources Say Trone’s Marriage Is Over — and a New Jersey Widow Has Emerged as His Companion

David Trone has built his congressional brand on his family. Since re-entering the MD-6 race in December 2025, his wife and...

Michael Phillips
April 19, 2026

Trone Spending Machine: The Billionaire’s Bid to Buy His Way Back to Congress

Federal filings show David Trone has pumped more than $15 million of his own money into his 2026 House race — and is...

Michael Phillips
April 16, 2026

Maryland’s Raskin Leads 25th Amendment Push — But His Own Record Undermines the Case

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. Jamie Raskin introduced legislation this week to establish a congressional commission...

Michael Phillips
April 15, 2026

POLL WARFARE: Two Rich Democrats Fight Over a District Nobody Asked Them to Represent

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Data Desk Welcome to Maryland's 6th Congressional District, where the mountains meet the...

Michael Phillips
April 15, 2026

Who Was Running Total Wine? Records Contradict Trone’s Claims of Arm’s-Length Management

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, David Trone has offered voters a reassuring story: when he went to Congress, he...

Michael Phillips
April 4, 2026

The Montgomery Shadow Over Maryland’s 6th

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The numbers are simple. In 2024, Republican Neil Parrott carried Washington County by 22...

Michael Phillips
March 31, 2026

Exclusive Photos: 6 Police Officers Flank Former Rep. David Trone at Hagerstown ‘No Kings’ Rally — Rival Candidate Reports ‘Data Center Dave’ Heckling

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Hagerstown, Md. — Photos obtained exclusively by MDBayNews show former U.S. Rep. David...

Michael Phillips
March 28, 2026

A Night on Patrol: What I Learned Riding Along with Anne Arundel County Police

By Berney FlowersGuest Commentary Editor’s Note:Berney Flowers is a candidate for U.S. Congress and a member of the...

Guest Contributor
March 21, 2026

Inside the Trone Donor Network: How Family, In-Laws, and Coordinated Giving Amplify Political Influence in Maryland

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Campaign finance reports are often treated like a bureaucratic afterthought. They are...

Michael Phillips
March 16, 2026

Jamie Raskin’s Political Money Machine: Millions Raised, Millions Spent — and Questions About Where It All Goes

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. Jamie Raskin has built a national profile as one of the Democratic Party’s most...

Michael Phillips
March 15, 2026

Follow the Money: A Look at Rep. Johnny Olszewski’s Donor Network

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Fresh campaign finance filings offer a revealing look at the financial ecosystem...

Michael Phillips
March 13, 2026

April McClain Delaney: The Establishment’s Technocratic Moderate—or Just Another Cog in the Democratic Machine?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s 6th Congressional District has long been one of the most politically...

Michael Phillips
March 13, 2026

Trone Money Flows Into Frederick County: Fitzwater’s Campaign Backed by Trone Family Donations

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Campaign finance records continue to reveal a familiar pattern in Maryland politics: when...

Michael Phillips
March 12, 2026

Follow the Trone Money

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews David Trone is running again. After spending more than $62 million trying to buy...

Michael Phillips
March 11, 2026

The Billionaire Who Thinks Maryland Owes Him Another Shot

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews David Trone is trying again. After blowing more than $62 million of his own fortune on a...

Michael Phillips
March 9, 2026

The Union Champion With a Non-Union Empire

By Michael R. Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. David Trone has built much of his political identity around a simple message: he...

Michael Phillips
March 6, 2026

The Incumbent Advantage

By Michael R. Phillips | MDBayNews / Thunder Report Investigations As Maryland campaigns approach the March 5 campaign...

Michael Phillips
March 5, 2026

Where Is June? David Trone’s Solo Campaign Raises Quiet Questions in CD6

By MDBayNews Staff As former Congressman David Trone launches his political comeback in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional...

Staff Writer
March 1, 2026

ICE Activity Expands in Maryland as Elkridge Plan Pivots and Hagerstown Moves Forward

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s immigration enforcement debate intensified this week as new federal notices,...

Michael Phillips
March 1, 2026

As Iran’s Supreme Leader Confirmed Dead, Maryland Democrats Stick to Script

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With multiple major outlets now confirming that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

Michael Phillips
February 28, 2026

Decades of Appeasement: Maryland Democrats Still Don’t Understand Iran

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, Maryland’s Democratic leadership has followed the same foreign policy playbook...

Michael Phillips
February 28, 2026

Brown’s “Green Light” for the ICE Breaker Act Is a Political Endorsement Disguised as Legal Analysis

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Annapolis, self-congratulation travels fast. This week, allies of Adrian Boafo declared...

Michael Phillips
February 26, 2026

Maryland Delegation Split on State of the Union Night

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On February 24, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address...

Michael Phillips
February 25, 2026

Maryland’s 5th Congressional District: Everyone’s Running — But Who Isn’t?

By MDBayNews Staff With longtime Congressman Steny Hoyer retiring after more than four decades in Congress, Maryland’s...

Staff Writer
February 25, 2026

Maryland’s Priorities Are Upside Down — 55 Dead From Cold, Zero From Immigration Enforcement

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s Democratic leadership has once again chosen performance over priorities. Over...

Michael Phillips
February 21, 2026

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