Wes Moore Isn’t Running Against Dan Cox. He’s Running for Something Bigger.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox raised $126,292 over the last two months. Wes Moore raised $1.45 million, then...
Election Integrity & Fraud Watch
Spencer Rhoda’s Recording of Damascus Exchange Contradicts Chao Wu’s Account. MDBayNews Listened.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A recording of Saturday’s encounter between Delegate Chao Wu and Republican candidate...
Chao Wu Smeared Two Opponents With a Story He Can’t Prove. He Should Retract It Now.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Delegate Chao Wu told voters that a man running against him frightened his young son into...
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...
Audit Finds Repeat Failures at Attorney General’s Office, From a Stalled Software Deal to Unsupported Leave
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — State auditors say the Office of the Attorney General paid for a case...
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...
Democrats Call Him an Out-of-State ‘Plant.’ His Campaign Says He Was Born in Baltimore County.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Democratic Party wants voters in northern Baltimore County to see Republican...
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...
Maryland Supreme Court Hears Redistricting Arguments, No Ruling Yet as Ballot Printing Deadline Arrives
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Supreme Court of Maryland heard oral arguments Thursday morning in the...
Second Judge Strikes Down Redistricting Amendment, Citing Contradiction in Bill’s Own Preamble
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews CAMBRIDGE — A Dorchester County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that Maryland's proposed...
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...
What the Supreme Court Actually Ruled on Mail Voting
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's top Democrats wasted no time reacting to Monday's Supreme Court order on...
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...
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...
The First Lawsuit Went Dark. A Second One — Led by a Local GOP Official — Is Wide Open.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Republican lawsuit challenging Maryland's redistricting ballot question — filed late...
Former Del. Jay Jalisi Sues to Force a Do-Over Primary in District 10
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Hasan M. "Jay" Jalisi wants a second shot at the House of Delegates, and he's asking a...
Is the Redistricting Lawsuit Just a Publicity Stunt? Here’s What the Record Actually Shows
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A common response to this week's lawsuit against Maryland's redistricting amendment is that...
Power Over People: How Annapolis Rewrote the Rules — and What It Ignored to Do It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland General Assembly closed its three-day special session Tuesday night having...
The Senate Passed It 32-13. Republicans Are Already Talking About Court.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's Senate voted 32-13 Tuesday to pass the congressional redistricting...
The House Passed It 96-38. Bouchat’s Bill Never Got a Hearing.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates voted 96-38 Tuesday to pass House Bill 2100, sending the...
Day One: The Session Convenes, the Math Gets Real, and a Democrat Breaks Ranks
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The General Assembly gaveled in at 10 a.m. Monday for the Aug. 3-5 special session, and by...
Two Bills. One Week. Opposite Visions of Who Draws Maryland’s Maps
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Senate Bill 2100 asks Maryland voters to strip constitutional limits off how the General...
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...
The Amendment Written to Undo a Judge’s Ruling
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the Maryland General Assembly convenes at noon Monday for a three-day special session,...
Here’s What Senate Bill 2100 Actually Does — And Why It’s Drafted Like a Legal Shield
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's special session doesn't convene until Aug. 3, but the bill text and hearing...
Maryland Democrats Answer DHS With a Lawsuit — While a Small Town Sits on a Records Request Nine Months Overdue
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Republican Del. Ryan Nawrocki told Fox45 two weeks ago that Maryland "will not comply"...
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...
Hungry, but Not Thirsty: Wes Moore’s Full-Term Pledge Has a Schedule Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This morning, the Governor of Maryland was in Johns Island, South Carolina — a 9 a.m....
Maryland Democrats Already Ran This Play — Just One Level Down the Ballot
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk say the special...
Bouchat Fires Off at Leadership as the Redistricting Session He Predicted Finally Arrives
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Part of the Bouchat Paradox series Christopher Eric Bouchat has spent three legislative...
Maryland Sets Aug. 3-5 Special Session on Redistricting — But the Dates Conflict with the State’s Own Ballot Deadline
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's General Assembly will return to Annapolis Aug. 3-5 for a special...
Moore Debates 20 Non-Voters on YouTube While a Bill to Open Maryland’s Debate Stage Died Without a Vote
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore spent his Sunday morning on "Surrounded," a debate program from the...
What the Supreme Court’s Coordinated-Spending Ruling Means for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Supreme Court's decision Tuesday in NRSC v. FEC, striking down federal limits on how...
Supreme Court Upholds Mail-In Ballot Grace Periods — Maryland’s Rules Survive the Challenge
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may continue counting mail-in ballots that...
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS PLAN POST-PRIMARY SPECIAL SESSION TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL MAP
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With Maryland's primary election two days away, the state's top Democrats are preparing to...