Maryland Politics Watch

Dear Friends and Neighbors: I’m writing to you just minutes after the 2011 Maryland General Assembly’s legislative session ended. For nine ...

Deborah Vollmer filed for election to the Town of Chevy Chase Town Council to run for one of the two seats along with incumbents Linna Barn...

I am extremely disappointed by the Senate’s action today to send HB 235 back to the Judicial Proceedings Committee. The twisted and unfair p...

The Senate voted 27-20 to recommit the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Bill back to the Judiciary Committee, effectively killing it on t...

Metro Weekly has the story.

Kensington Mayor Peter Fosselman will become the new Deputy Secretary of State in mid-April. He'll remain mayor as he takes on his new ...

Announcement from MCEA, SEIU Local 500, NCAAP Tuesday, April 5 in Rockville, SEIU Local 500, MCEA, and MCAAP members along with parents and ...

Statement by Columbia University College Democrats Like so many throughout Maryland and across the nation, the Columbia University College D...

The best summary of the polls is at ABC News . The headline figure is that supporters outnumber opponents by 53 percent to 44 percent. Sup...

I tried to draw a majority-Republican legislative district in Montgomery. It no longer seems possible. This district went 62-36 for Obama ...

Dear Friends, You know, not everyone is like Joanna and me. Scientists tell us that about 10% of folk are simply wired differently than the...

His must read column in the Washington Post . Capehart already went after Del. Arora earlier . Above is the same YouTube video of Rep. Joh...

Excluding District 21, which is mostly in Prince George's, Anne Arundel currently elects 12 delegates, eight of whom are Republicans. T...

Harford is a very Republican county in a very Democratic state. As in Frederick, the population growth that warrants giving additional repr...

Here is a potential map for two state legislative districts centered on Frederick County. Bear in mind that the population figures may be a...

One exciting aspect of redistricting this year is that almost anyone can play. Here is hurriedly drawn-up plan that shows one of many possi...

Mr. Speaker- It will come as no surprise to you that I support this bill -- and I do so unequivocally, unabashedly. My green vote today is ...

Live Blogging the Debate I plan to share my thoughts about the outcome of yesterday's debate more fully at a later time. For now, I jus...

Judiciary Chair Joe Vallario is now speaking. And then I started to think where Martin Luther King would be on this issue. I sent this issue...

Del C.T. Wilson (D-Charles) is speaking against the bill. Not everyone who opposes this bill opposes that love. Some of us are leading as...

"Virtually every single decision affects the lives of people but there is no vote over the next four years that will affect me mire equ...

"Over these 8 weeks in Annapolis, I have heard so many things that are painful to me. I have heard it would redefine religious marriag...

"When I was an 8 year old kid, I knew my Catholic faith was important to me. . . and I also knew I was gay." "In the complex ...

Del. Healey (D-Prince George's) identifies herself as a pro-life Catholic. "As a legislator, I believe that I must vote that peopl...

"The bridge that is offered by civil unions is a bridge that takes us nowhere. There was no bridge out of slavery." "Rights ...

Delegate attacking Del. Kaiser for breaking decorum in attacking her colleagues in a total mis-characterization of her brave and personal sp...

"It's a vote for love and against fear." "throughout this marriage equality debate, I've asked people to share a sin...

Delegate from Prince George's is speaking (I think it is Aisha Braveboy) She thinks that this will ultimately be decided in the court a...

Del. Kathleen Dumais is asking body to reject a proposed amendment. The amendment was rejected by voice vote. Del. Niemann (D-Prince George...

12:10pm: Del. Peter Murphy (D-Charles) gently corrects a previous speaker who said that there are six openly gay and lesbian legislators. ...

12:00pm Delegates look bored waiting for Del. Burns to wind up with many of the ones I see starting to surf on their computers or doing othe...

11:40 The House of Delegates has just taken up the Senate version of the Civil Marriage Protection Act. An opponent is arguing that homosexu...

11:30 The House is now doing a quorum call. 138 delegates plus the speaker are here. 11:32 The House is quickly passing on third reading a ...

I'm sitting in the gallery in the House of Delegates waiting for the session to start. The bells for the Senate have been ringing for o...

This is part four (and the final post) in a series about how delegates voted yesterday on amendments to the marriage equality bill. See the...

From the press release: "It is about time!" is how one local elected official responded to the news that Guled will begin a progre...

This is part three in a series of posts about how delegates voted yesterday on amendments to the marriage equality bill. See the first post...

This is part two in a series of posts about how delegates voted yesterday on amendments to the marriage equality bill. See the previous pos...

Over the course of today, I am going to try to present some information about how delegates voted on the amendments to the marriage equality...

Reproduced below is her amazing testimony on behalf of the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination bill at the hearing held yesterday Chairman H...

The Baltimore Sun has more information and the Huffington Post has his op-ed piece on the topic.

As my second term as Attorney General gets underway, I would like to take a moment to let you know about some of the work our Office is doin...

Del. Don Dwyer doing a media interview outside the Statehouse yesterday shortly after the marriage equality bill passed second reading

The National Organization for Marriage (read: organization against marriage equality) pledges to raise $1 million to defend any Democrat who...

for the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Bill Del. Washington's statement below the fold. My name is Mary Washington, and I represent...

Outside the Statehouse shortly after the House adjourned for the day

My name is Owen Smith and I currently live in Baltimore, Maryland. I want to share a staggering statistic for you - according to a recent st...

At-Large Montgomery County Council Member Hans Riemer will be on the "Political Pulse" TV Show in MoCo on Thurs, March 10th, at 9:...