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Tag: David Trone

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

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

Power & Optics: What a Police Presence at a Protest Does—and Doesn’t—Mean

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Photos from a Hagerstown rally show a visible police presence near a political candidate....

Michael Phillips
March 29, 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

Built to Comply, Designed to Dominate

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland did not accidentally end up with one of the most restrictive alcohol regulatory...

Michael Phillips
March 20, 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

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

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

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

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...

Michael Phillips
January 16, 2026

David Trone Is Back on TV — Again. What’s Actually Different This Time?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Opinion If it feels like Maryland’s television airwaves are already drowning in...

Michael Phillips
January 10, 2026

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