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...
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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....
Fundraising Divide Emerges in Montgomery County Executive Race
By MDBayNews Staff As Montgomery County heads toward a high-stakes Democratic primary in June 2026, newly filed campaign...
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...
Big Money, Old Politics? Atterbeary’s $600K Fundraising Raises Questions in Howard County Executive Race
By MDBayNews Staff A new report from The Baltimore Sun highlights the early financial dominance of Vanessa Atterbeary in...
Money, Momentum, and the Insider Question: What Baltimore County’s Executive Fundraising Reveals
By MDBayNews Staff The first major round of campaign finance reports in the open-seat race for Baltimore County Executive...
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...
Anthony Brown’s Activist Attorney Generalship: Maryland’s Top Lawyer or a Full-Time Political Combatant?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Marylanders elected Anthony Brown as attorney general in 2022, they didn’t just hire...
Maryland Campaign Finance Data Tells a One-Party Story
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s official campaign finance data doesn’t editorialize, spin, or argue. It...
FEC Filings Show Ed Hale Donated to Johnny O Despite Longtime GOP Claims
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor’s Note: This article was updated to include a response from Ed Hale. BBaltimore...
Sarah Elfreth’s Rising Profile Comes With Rising Questions
Sarah Elfreth, Maryland’s freshman Representative, has enjoyed a rapid rise in Democratic politics. But with that rise...
The Postcard From L.A.: How “Field Team 6” Turns Hollywood Money and a Super PAC Loophole Into Voter Registration Machinery
When a Virginia voter opened the mailbox to find a glossy postcard postmarked Los Angeles urging them—via a QR code—to...
Shadows on the Bench: Maryland’s Judicial Campaign Finance Transparency Problem
When Americans think about judicial integrity, they expect judges to be impartial arbiters of the law. But what happens...