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    Hogan, Alsobrooks differ on abortion limits in first skirmish of Senate campaign
    A key difference between the two candidates emerged on Thursday, with Hogan saying he’d support legal abortions up to 26 weeks of a pregnancy while Alsobrooks opposed a firm cutoff.
    Former Governor Larry Hogan faces Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who would be Maryland’s first Black senator.  Hogan is bidding to flip a reliably blue U.S. Senate seat red. The matchup is one of a few nationally expected to determine the balance of power in the chamber.
    Commentary: Immigrants make our communities better. Our words must show it.
    Communities must stand against the language that criminalizes and dehumanizes immigrants, says the managing attorney of an organization supporting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in Baltimore.
    Daniella Prieshoff is the managing attorney of the Tahirih Justice Center, which supports immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in Baltimore.
    ‘Stay tough.’ How a late House speaker’s words still inspire congressional candidate Sarah Elfreth.
    I recently caught up with state Sen. Sarah Elfreth over coffee, days after she won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maryland's 6th District. She recently adopted a puppy named Ollie and thinks often of the late House Speaker Mike Busch, who encouraged and inspired her.
    State Sen. Sarah Elfreth talks with Del. Shelia Ruth of Baltimore County Thursday morning in Annapolis. Ruth and others stopped Elfreth outside the State House to congratulate her on winning the Democratic primary for Congress in the 3rd District.
    Republican Senate candidate Hogan says he supports legal abortion nationwide
    Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, now running for the U.S. Senate, made his clearest comments yet on abortion, telling the New York Times on Thursday: “I support restoring Roe as the law of the land.”
    U.S. Senate Republican candidate Larry Hogan told The New York Times on Thursday: “I support restoring Roe as the law of the land.”
    Trone spent over $60 million on his failed Senate bid. Will he dig deep to help his rival beat Hogan?
    Wealthy Maryland congressman has said he will back Democrat Angela Alsobrooks’ U.S. Senate bid in the fall, but has not signaled whether he’ll become a major financial supporter of her campaign.
    U.S. Rep. David Trone waves during a forum with other U.S. Senate candidates at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Trone was defeated in the Democratic primary by Angela Alsobrooks on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
    If a Trump trial isn’t televised, does it make a sound?
    Would public opinion be swayed if we were witnessing, say, Stormy Daniels and Hope Hicks’ testimonies and facial expressions in real time? According to two media experts: Not really.
    Former President Donald Trump leaves his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court on May 14.
    Alsobrooks was outspent and trailed in polls. Her campaign said they never panicked.
    With a massive financial disadvantage, the Alsobrooks team had to be patient and wait until the very end of the campaign season to run most of their TV advertising ― still one of the most reliable ways to introduce a candidate to voters.
    Senate Candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks at her election night party held on 5/14/24 in Greenbelt, MD.
    How Republicans and Democrats will frame big issues in Maryland Senate race
    Maryland voters can expect national money to flood into the state as the two parties duke it out. Here are some of the key issues that voters will be seeing and hearing over the next six months.
    Maryland's general election for the U.S. Senate — featuring Republican Larry Hogan and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks — is expected to draw national scrutiny.
    Alsobrooks wins Democratic Senate primary; will face Hogan in the fall
    Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday night and will face off against Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the general election.
    Senate Candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks after the race was called in her favor at her election night party on 5/14/24 in Greenbelt, MD.
    Maryland 3rd Congressional District: Election results 2024
    See primary election results for Maryland's 3rd congressional district, which includes all of Howard County, the northern portion of Anne Arundel County and a small piece of Carroll County.
    Maryland 2nd Congressional District: Election results 2024
    See results for Maryland's 2nd District primary races, including the Democratic race between Johnny Olszewski Jr., Harry Bhandari and Sia Kyriakakos.
    Maryland election results by county: 2024 U.S. president race
    See Maryland county results for the U.S. presidential primary, including Joe Biden, results for "Uncommitted," and Donald Trump's performance.
    Maryland senate results by county: 2024 primary election
    See primary election results for Maryland's U.S. Senate seat. David Trone and Angela Alsobrooks lead the Democratic race and former governor Larry Hogan leads the Republican race.
    Results for U.S. Senate
    Olszewski will face Klacik in 2nd District; Mfume, Harris win primaries
    A composite photo of Baltimore County executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. and Republican Kim Klacik.
    Biden, Trump easily win Maryland primaries; Baltimore-area voters pine for different choices
    President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won their party primaries in Maryland, with the Associated Press calling those races shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m.
    President Joe Biden, pictured in Dundalk days after the Key Bridge collapse, isn’t revving up many Maryland voters, even as he cruised to an easy Democratic primary victory Tuesday.
    Money can’t buy me love, but it might get David Trone into the Senate
    Democratic voters — early voting is over and election day is Tuesday — have to decide not just who is better for the job, David Trone or Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. They have to decide if his spending so much of his own money to win an election is, well, right.
    How much of your own money should you put into your campaign? David Trone is figuring that out in his bid to be the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
    Campus protesters want Johns Hopkins to divest. This lab is what they mean.
    The Pentagon has awarded a university lab $12 billion over past decade. Pro-Palestinian protesters want that to end.
    As pro-Palestine demonstrations at Johns Hopkins University stretch into their second week, protesters are demanding the school cut ties with the Department of Defense, which awards billions to a Hopkins research lab.
    New poll shows Alsobrooks and Trone in dead heat in Senate race
    As Election Day voting approaches, a new poll from Emerson College shows Alsobrooks with 42% support to 41% to Trone.
    Leading candidates for the U.S. Senate in Maryland in 2024 are, from left: U.S. Rep David Trone, a Democrat; former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican; and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
    K-12 school leaders reject allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant
    Montgomery County Public Schools featured prominently in a Congressional hearing on antisemitism in public schools on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
    From left, David Banks, chancellor of New York Public schools, speaks next to Karla Silvestre, president of the Montgomery County Board of Education, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney with the ACLU, and Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of the Berkeley United School District, during a hearing on antisemitism in K-12 public schools, at the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
    Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
    Maryland voters also will be asked this year to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. The state already protects the right to abortion under state law and Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1.
    A “WE’RE VOTING YES” sign is seen on a bench outside the Maryland State House following a reproductive rights presser on Lawyers Mall on Jan. 22, 2024. Voters will decide if abortion is a right that will be included in the state constitution.
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