ELECTIONS

The top races are settled, but ballot counting still underway in Maryland primary.

A group of public health academics is urging Baltimore leaders to speak up and act quickly to curb the rise of monkeypox, warning that the virus already is disproportionately harming the city’s LGBTQ community.

Baltimore voters get a say in November in determining who oversees the city's inspector general, a watchdog against waste, fraud and abuse.

After days of ballot-counting, winners were declared Monday in close contests for two Baltimore County Council seats, but the Democratic race for state’s attorney was still unsettled.

Ivan Bates promised on Monday to reduce the violent crime plaguing Baltimore neighborhoods, but said he will need help from law enforcement and City Hall.

Here's what happened in Maryland politics over the weekend.

After Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s choice to succeed him flopped in last week’s Republican primary, his political allies insisted Hogan’s calm brand of moderation will ultimately prevail over the Donald Trump-led right wing of the GOP.

Who is Maryland Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore?

Given that a core of Maryland’s top Republicans backed Kelly Schulz to succeed Gov. Larry Hogan, the next move for many within the party now represented by far-right gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox is fraught.

Leonard R. Skolnik, former chairman of the city Board of Liquor License Commissioners who was active in Democratic politics and had been a developer and apartment manager, died from heart failure July 12 at Sinai Hospital.

After eight years and more than 2,500 homicides, Baltimore's Democratic voters have ousted Marilyn Mosby as state’s attorney. But Mosby’s supporters are skeptical about a prosecutor’s ability to drive down the city's murder rates.

The high-stakes matchup over who will replace two-term Gov. Larry Hogan is set as both Democrat Wes Moore and Republican Dan Cox won their parties’ primaries in competitive and prolonged races.

Wes Moore, a bestselling author and former nonprofit leader, defeated former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to claim a prize that attracted 10 candidates: the right to run for Maryland governor in November as the Democratic nominee.

Defense attorney Ivan Bates has won the Democratic primary for Baltimore’s top prosecutor, defeating incumbent State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who will leave the office after two terms.

Five things to know about Ivan Bates, the Democratic nominee for state's attorney.

Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger gained ground in the Democratic primary, taking a narrow lead over challenger Robbie Leonard.

The first returns from mail-in ballots have slightly narrowed the gap between Wes Moore and Tom Perez at the top of the field for Maryland’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

It's been days since Tuesday's primary, and some races remains too close to call.

The Howard County Board of Elections released the mail-in ballot count Friday, and returns pushed incumbent council member Deb Jung into the lead over challenger Janssen Evelyn in the race for Howard County Council in District 4.

Republican David Ellin conceded the election for Carroll County State’s Attorney Friday to his opponent Del. Haven Shoemaker. Ellin said the vote count shows that the race is over for him.

Incumbent Patricia Dorsey has pulled into the lead in the race for Carroll County school board, receiving roughly 18% of the votes after early voting, in-person voting and most mail-in ballots had been counted by Friday.

After most of Howard County’s mail-in ballots were counted Thursday night, Dan Newberger, Jacky McCoy, Linfeng Chen and Tudy Adler were the top four vote-getters in the race to fill two at-large school board seats.

Peter Franchot, who deferred seeking a fifth four-year term as state comptroller to run for governor this year, conceded in the Democratic primary on Friday as results showed he had little chance of catching Wes Moore and Tom Perez in the ongoing vote count.

Lacey congratulated Beidle on becoming the Democratic nominee in a message on her campaign’s Facebook page a few hours after the first batch of primary mail-in ballots were counted, which showed her with a nearly 2,900-vote deficit.

It is increasingly likely defense attorney Ivan Bates becomes Baltimore’s next top prosecutor as his lead in the three-way Democratic state’s attorney primary continues to grow.

The canvass of mail-in ballots got underway across Maryland Thursday, the first day of what could be a lengthy process to decide key races both local and statewide.

Following Thursday's canvass, Haire, an Edgewater Council Council member, received 864 votes from the 2,042 Republican ballots counted. McMillan, a former Annapolis alderman and delegate, received 651. Haire now has 13,185 votes (43.4%) compared to McMillan’s 12,108 (39.9%).

Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler on Thursday became the latest candidate to concede in the Democratic governor’s race.