The Absent Delegate: Why Is Bouchat the Only One Facing Expulsion?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates voted 102 to 14 this week to advance a resolution expelling...
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Republican Moves to Expel Bouchat — From Her Own Party
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates has never expelled a member for failure to act. It has come...
Bouchat Speaks: ‘I Am a Very Bad Republican’
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat has a lot to answer for right now — or so his critics would...
Three Bills Nobody Is Talking About — And Why They Should Be
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Before we get to the bills, a word about the messenger. Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat of...
The Welder-Philosopher: Why Christopher Eric Bouchat Left Aristotle in His Place
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews There is a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates that has been occupied, lately, by a...
Stars and no-shows: grading every Maryland House delegate on the current 2026 session
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland Watch Some Maryland House delegates showed up for virtually every vote this...
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...
Maryland Governor’s Race Grows More Crowded as Bouchat Bows Out — Filing Questions Remain
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With just days remaining in the current filing window, Maryland’s 2026 gubernatorial race...
Is Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Testing Program Past Its Prime?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For decades, Maryland drivers in select counties and Baltimore City have been required to...
Can Maryland Afford a 3% Flat Tax?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Annapolis Watch By the time any major tax proposal reaches a hearing room in Annapolis,...
Bouchat Reiterates Warning After Special Session: Reparations Override Could Trigger Legal Scrutiny of Democratic Party
Annapolis, Md. — Following the Maryland General Assembly’s December 16 special session to elect a new Speaker of the...
Bouchat Builds an Unlikely Coalition: Prefiled Bills Reveal Bipartisan Support — and Annapolis Blind Spots
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Annapolis Watch The Maryland General Assembly hasn’t gaveled in yet, but the early...
What’s Actually in the 3% Flat Tax Plan? A Detailed Breakdown of Delegate Bouchat’s Proposal
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Part 1 of the Maryland at 3% series, we outlined why Maryland’s fiscal environment has...
Maryland at a Crossroads: Why Tax Reform Is Back on the Table in 2026
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland enters the 2026 legislative session facing a problem state leaders have quietly...
Bouchat Files “Sexual Offender Accountability and Victim Protection Act,” Aiming to Permanently Deny Parole to Violent Sexual Predators
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Delegate Eric Bouchat (R–5th District) has filed one of the toughest criminal...
Maryland Delegate Bouchat Files Bill to Completely Repeal the VEIP Program, Ending Emissions Testing Statewide
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (VEIP) — a decades-old requirement that...
Time to Scrap Maryland’s Outdated Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program
In a state increasingly burdened by high taxes and outmigration, a bold proposal from Delegate Christopher Bouchat (R)...
Letter from Delegate Christopher Eric Bouchat
Editor’s Note:The following letter was submitted directly to MDBayNews by Delegate Christopher Eric Bouchat (R–District...
Continuity and Clout: Inside Bouchat’s Plan to Reshape Maryland’s Senate
Christopher Eric Bouchat isn’t just calling for new maps in Maryland—he wants to rewire how the legislature itself...
Maryland’s Citizen Mapmakers: Inside Bouchat’s Plan to End Gerrymandering
For more than a century, Maryland’s political map has been the butt of national jokes. Districts shaped like snakes and...
Who Is Christopher Eric Bouchat? Maryland’s Maverick Candidate for Governor
Christopher Eric Bouchat is not your typical politician. A welder by trade, a small business owner for more than three...
Carroll County Lawmakers Push Back Against PSEG Land Access: “No Approval, No Trespassing”
By Michael Phillips The Carroll County Delegation of the Maryland General Assembly has formally demanded answers from...
Christopher Bouchat for Governor: A Conservative Voice in a Deep Blue State
By Michael Phillips Republican Delegate Christopher Bouchat has launched his 2026 bid for governor of Maryland, positioning...