National politics

“It was kind of a gift that David Smith and the proponents of the bill gave this city,” said Zac Blanchard, who unseated a Smith-backed candidate in May.

The only real choice confronting the majority of Marylanders who voted against Donald Trump’s return to the White House is to face it. America, we hardly knew you.

Speaking at Howard University in Washington, Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday and encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country.

President-elect Donald Trump came nowhere close to winning reliably blue Maryland’s 10 electoral votes Tuesday, but he performed better in every one of its 23 counties and Baltimore City.

See county-by-county results in Maryland's U.S. Senate race between Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and former Republican governor Larry Hogan.

See the 2024 U.S. election results by state, including the Trump-Harris presidential race, control of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.

The Republican’s victory came from a public so put off by America’s trajectory that they welcomed his brash and disruptive approach.

Maryland voted well in the election. The rest of y'all ... Hope it was worth it.

Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would produce a full sweep of GOP power in Congress alongside President-elect Donald Trump in the White House.

The results left Democrats facing an urgent and immediate reckoning, with no obvious leader to unite the anti-Trump coalition and no clear plan to rebuild as an emboldened Trump prepares to re-take Washington.

Donald Trump's win over Vice President Kamala Harris makes him the first person convicted of a felony to be elected president and, at 78, the oldest person elected to the office.

Maryland voters made history on Tuesday, voting to send Angela Alsobrooks to Washington as the first Black woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.

Johnny Olszewski Jr. prevailed over Republican Kim Klacik in a race to replace 21-year incumbent Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger.

Democrat Sarah Elfreth won the race for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, a heavily Democratic area that includes swaths of Howard and Anne Arundel counties.

The future legality and availability of abortion hinges not only on ballot measures, as policies could shift depending on who controls Congress and the presidency.

See the election results for Maryland U.S. Representative in every district across the state, including the 2nd District race between Johnny Olszewski Jr. and Kim Klacik.

Harris was a strong favorite over Trump, who only won about one-third of the Maryland vote on his way to winning the White House in 2016 and just 32.1% seeking reelection four years later.

Some believe race is coming into play in Harborplace and other issues in this year’s election.

José Andrés, a James Beard award-winning chef with a Michelin-starred restaurant, floated the idea that he would challenge Maryland’s lone Republican congressman for his seat.

The Republican has a history of making alternative choices when it comes to voting for president.