Wes Moore defeated Republican Dan Cox to become the first Democratic candidate to be elected to the position since Martin O’Malley won reelection in 2010.
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Anthony Brown elected new Maryland attorney general
Anthony Brown’s victory over Republican Michael Peroutka was announced shortly after polls closed. He becomes the state’s first African-American attorney general.
Democracy, inflation, political dissatisfaction drives Marylanders to polls
Before Election Day, 781,291 Marylanders had already cast their votes through early voting and mail-in ballots, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections.
What Maryland voters are saying on Election Day
We’re continuously updating this article with Maryland voters’ stories about what brought them to the polls on Election Day.
President Biden rallies in Maryland in last minute push for Democrats
President Joe Biden, attending a rally for the state’s Democratic candidates for office, stressed the importance of voter turnout and the dangers of giving power to the Republican party.
In Maryland’s opioid crisis, fentanyl is driving deaths across the board
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, accounts for the majority of all drug-related deaths in the state, a discrepancy that only continues to intensify.
Court records tie Charles County school board candidate to multiple arrests
CNS reporters did routine background checks on all 155 school board candidates in Maryland, and when an online records search turned up cases of interest, CNS personnel traveled to county courthouses to obtain the full court records.
Twelve Maryland school board candidates have faced tax liens
Capital News Service reporters scoured the state court records of every school board candidate in the state, and tax liens were the most common court record found.
Maryland 2022 Election Results
Live election night coverage of the major races in Maryland’s 2022 General Election, including the Maryland Governor race. Results will be updated regularly. See our Election 2022 page for more coverage. Maryland Ballot Questions For local race results, see the…
Book banning resonates as an issue in Maryland school board races
Socially conservative school board candidates who want to remove books dealing with gender identity, racism and other socially sensitive topics from school library shelves are running in at least 11 of Maryland’s 23 counties, but they are in the minority.