(FREDERICK COUNTY – July 24, 2022) – Thank you. Thank you to every one of you who knocked on doors, made phone calls, made a contribution, volunteered at the polls, and most importantly – voted. For over 18 months we have been working towards this moment, and I am incredibly honored and excited to be your Democratic nominee for Frederick County Executive! I am so grateful to my colleague, Kai Hagen, for running a strong campaign and for reaching out to me as well as his supporters and pledging to be all in behind our efforts as we head into…

Democratic Candidates – Vote for 1 (296 of 296 election day precincts reported) Name Party Early Voting Election Day Mail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage Anthony G. Brown Democratic 8,229 20,631 9,264 38,124 58.35% Katie Curran O’Malley Democratic 4,496 13,838 8,883 27,217 41.65% (UPPER MARLBORO – July 23, 2022) – No one has really mentioned it much, but Congressman Anthony Brown’s return to statewide politics is on his own terms this time. I still say it was cruddy. No, no one owns a seat; however, for Judge Katie O’Malley to jump into that Attorney General’s race minutes after Brown announced…

(OWINGS MILLS – July 23, 2022) – BmoreNews.com has to pause to congratulate Dr. Cheryl Pasteur on the nomination for Delegate in the new 11A district. She ran unopposed. What’s significant is that this woman has given her life and career to empowering our students in Baltimore County. All of the students. For years, she has been a fierce Baltimore County School Board member who has served as a leader and an advocate, especially for our communities. The last go-around, the school board members she has served with for years abstained from her vote – leaving her out in the…

Sheriff Democratic Candidates – Vote for 1 (296 of 296 election day precincts reported) Name Party Early Voting Election Day Mail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage John W. Anderson Democratic 6,224 15,607 4,218 26,049 49.42% Sam Cogen Democratic 6,138 15,881 4,642 26,661 50.58% (BALTIMORE – REVISED – July 22, 2022) – Wow! So much has happened in the past 24 hours, including another generation of the Conaway clan entering office. Belinda Conaway, Register of Wills, has now passed the torch of politics to her son, Xavier, the new Clerk of the Circuit Court. His late grandfather, Frank M. Conaway, Sr.,…

(BALTIMORE – July 19, 2022) – It appears that Wes Moore is the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland. Despite staunch opposition from Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and former US Labor Secretary Tom Perez, at 11:11 pm, Moore was leading substantially in the polls. By this same time, Dan Cox had been declared the Republican nominee for Governor. The likely showdown between Moore and Cox in the General Election is set for Tuesday, November 8, 2022. In other news, Delegate Brooke Lierman dominated the Comptroller’s race while the Democratic race for Maryland Attorney General between Cong. Anthony Brown and Judge…

Today’s newsletter is a guest dispatch from the Culture desk of The New York Times. Marc Tracy, who regularly covers the intersection of culture and politics, writes about Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster — and the conservatives who are singing its praises.“Top Gun: Maverick,” the inescapable Tom Cruise blockbuster sequel, has been hailed as a cinematic throwback.Many critics have interpreted its story of an increasingly obsolete pilot being called back to teach today’s young people a thing or two for one last mission as a not-so-subtle allegory for the film itself. The movie uses relatively few computer-generated effects, stars the now-60-year-old…

Around 5 in the afternoon on Christmas Day in 2020, as many Americans were celebrating with family, President Donald J. Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., on the phone with a little-known conservative lawyer who was encouraging his attempts to overturn the election, according to a memo the lawyer later wrote documenting the call.The lawyer, William J. Olson, was promoting several extreme ideas to the president. Mr. Olson later conceded that part of his plan could be regarded as tantamount to declaring “martial law” and that another aspect could invite comparisons with Watergate. The plan included…

WASHINGTON — The White House disclosure last week that Russia is seeking hundreds of armed and unarmed surveillance drones from Iran to use in the war in Ukraine reflects Moscow’s need to both fill a critical battlefield gap and find a long-term supplier of a crucial combat technology, U.S. intelligence, military and independent analysts say.Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, offered few details about the intelligence assessment he revealed to reporters last Monday, including whether the shipments had started. But other U.S. officials said Iran was preparing to provide as many as 300 remotely piloted aircraft and would start…

Relatives of people killed on Sept. 11 are urging former President Donald J. Trump to cancel a Saudi-backed golf tournament set to be held this month at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey.In a letter dated Sunday, members of the group 9/11 Justice asked to meet with Mr. Trump and urged him not to host the event, set for July 29 to 31, noting that Mr. Trump has blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.“We simply cannot understand how you could agree to accept money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s golf league to host their tournament at your…

Less than two hours after the Supreme Court ended a wrenching term last month, it welcomed a new member. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who had been waiting in the wings since she was confirmed by the Senate in April, took two oaths of office — and joined a court in turmoil.“She’s entering the court at a time of just crazy polarization after a very momentous term and after this huge leak from the spring,” said David Lat, a legal commentator, referring to the disclosure in May of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, which closely resembled the decision last…