DGA Action Sends Another $460,000 to Question 3 Campaign, Bringing Total to $1.26 Million
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A committee funded almost entirely by the Democratic Governors Association has now put...
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Nonpartisan on the Ballot: Unions, a Party Committee and a Super PAC Weigh In on Montgomery’s At-Large School Board Race
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Early voting in Montgomery County runs through Thursday, Oct. 29, and one countywide...
An $800,000 Washington PAC Check Is Now the Biggest Gift Behind Question 3
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The committee urging Marylanders to vote yes on Question 3 reported $1,588,336 in net...
Betting-Industry Money Has Spent $435,000 Against a Moderate Republican With No Known Gambling Position. Why?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews American Future's biggest general-election target in Maryland is a Republican state Senate...
OPINION: Montgomery County Taxpayers Are Funding a Campaign They Cannot Opt Out Of
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody asked Montgomery County taxpayers whether they wanted to pay for Will Jawando's...
County Taxpayers Have Sent Will Jawando $844,557. His Opponent Raised About $52,000.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County taxpayers have put $844,556.95 into Will Jawando's campaign for county...
Soros-Funded PAC Disclosed $122 Million in a Maryland Filing. Now It Has Sent $500,000 to the Question 3 Campaign.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Democracy PAC, the super PAC funded by George Soros and organizations he created, disclosed...
Win for America Discloses $80.65 Million in Sportsbook Funding as a Recipient PAC Spends $3.67 Million on Maryland Races
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Win for America, the political group financed by the online sportsbook industry, registered...
Four in Five Maryland Likely Voters Expect Data Centers to Hurt Electricity Costs, UMBC Poll Finds
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Eighty percent of Maryland likely voters say new data centers will have a mostly negative...
UMBC Poll: Question 3 Trails 53% to 25%, and Democrats Lean Against It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Only one in four Maryland likely voters says they plan to vote for Question 3. The UMBC...
UMBC Poll Backs Up Moore’s 27-Point Lead, but a Quarter of Voters Haven’t Picked a Major Candidate
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore leads Republican nominee Dan Cox 51% to 24% among likely voters, according...
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...
Wells’ Pitch to Friedson’s Voters, and the Numbers Behind It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Election Coverage Esther Wells wants Andrew Friedson's voters, and she's making her case...
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...
What “Meeting Expenses” Buys: A Look Inside Maryland Campaign Spending
Maryland campaign finance reports do not require candidates to explain themselves. A committee can log a $3,000 charge to a...
Maryland’s Voter Rolls Are Shifting: Democrats Shrink as Unaffiliated Voters Surge
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland remains a heavily Democratic state, but the makeup of its...
Fitzwater vs. Holtzinger: Money and Data Centers Define Frederick’s Fall Race
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County voters will decide in November whether Jessica Fitzwater gets four more...
District 9 is genuinely up for grabs, with a competitive Senate race topping the ticket
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 9, split between western Howard County and a slice of northern Montgomery County,...
The 27-Point Question: Why Wes Moore’s Poll Deserves More Scrutiny
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A fake polling operation just admitted that it fabricated political surveys and watched...
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...
The Poll Saying Moore Is Up 27 Points Was Built by His Own Party’s Pollster and Sold by a Podcast His Party’s Media Sponsors
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — A poll released this week says Gov. Wes Moore leads Republican challenger Dan...
Democrats Are Building a Farm Team. Maryland Republicans Have $24,000 and a Prayer.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Pete Buttigieg spent Wednesday morning making news for something other than a presidential...
New Poll Detail: Neither Party Impresses Voters, as Green Candidate Renews Debate Push
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The full results of this week's Maryland Now poll show something the topline horse-race...
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...
Moore Holds 27-Point Lead as Fundraising Gap With Cox Widens Ahead of November
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A new statewide poll released this week shows Gov. Wes Moore with a commanding 27-point...
Independents Are Growing. Maryland’s Political System Still Treats Them Like an Afterthought.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gallup's year-end numbers on party identification landed with a familiar shrug in most of...
DeMarinis Walks Back Bettor Threat, Refers Prediction Markets for Investigation Anyway
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Staff Maryland's top election official spent four weeks moving from "under review" to an...
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....
Maryland Named Twice by DHS — State Signals It Won’t Comply, as Federal Funding and Legal Threats Escalate
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland is one of 18 states named in a declassified federal intelligence review alleging...
A Government Chosen By 5 Percent Is Taxing The Other 95
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County's property tax bills have been landing in mailboxes for two weeks, and...
Maryland’s Locked Electorate: When Neither Party Is the Answer
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland primary is over. The choices are set. And by nearly every measure, Marylanders...
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...
Where Did All the Voters Go?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox won the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday night. He also did it with...
Cox Wins the Map, Hale Wins Baltimore: Inside the Maryland GOP Governor Primary
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox is the Republican nominee for governor of Maryland. Again. With 1,963 of 1,979...
MDBayNews Voter Guide: Maryland State Senate, District 34
VOTER GUIDE | MARYLAND SENATE DISTRICT 34 | JUNE 23, 2026 PRIMARY District 34 covers south Harford County, including...
Moore Kicks Off. The GOP Is Still a No-Show.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore launched the active phase of his reelection campaign today in Baltimore...
Moore raised $7 million — but that may be the smallest number in the story
A line-by-line review of Maryland’s campaign finance database shows a sophisticated, nationally connected fundraising...
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...
Jawando Taps Public Financing — and a Parallel Big-Money Committee
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note, April 8, 2026: This article has been updated to reflect federal campaign...
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...