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Incumbent Del. Heather Bagnall jumped ahead of her opponent Kerry Gillespie in the District 33C delegate race by around 500 votes Wednesday, setting all Anne Arundel incumbents in the General Assembly on pace to reclaim their seats.

Election workers spent Thursday counting 11,200 ballots that include races for six state Senate races and nine House of Delegates races, in the first of several canvassing sessions that will stretch into next week.

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The Maryland Accountability Project posted an advertisement paid for by a Democratic caucus showing an image of a young child in a hospital bed.

While many of the names on the ballot will be familiar to primary voters, a few new candidates conducting write-in campaigns will appear on the ballot including Democrat Scottie Griffin who is hoping to unseat Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Michael Gendel, a Democrat, who will be challenging Republican Nathan Volke who represents District 3 on the County Council in a last minute surprise for the candidate who has been running solo in the primary and the general for months.

While many of the names on the ballot will be familiar to primary voters, a few new candidates conducting write-in campaigns will appear on the ballot including Democrat Scottie Griffin who is hoping to unseat Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Michael Gendel, a Democrat, who will be challenging Republican Nathan Volke who represents District 3 on the County Council in a last minute surprise for the candidate who has been running solo in the primary and the general for months.

Annapolis bars and restaurants were supposed to be packed with lobbyists and donors bumping shoulders and glad-handing with elected officials over the past two weeks ahead of the start of the Maryland General Assembly session on Wednesday. The omicron variant had other ideas.

Annapolis bars and restaurants were supposed to be packed with lobbyists and donors bumping shoulders and glad-handing with elected officials over the past two weeks ahead of the start of the Maryland General Assembly session on Wednesday. The omicron variant had other ideas.

Lt. Doug Rathell, a 15-year veteran of the Annapolis Fire Department who is also a paramedic, and his wife Brooke, a registered nurse for 14 years, provided first aid when a 12-year-old girl suffered injuries from a shark bite in Ocean City Monday.

Credit: WBRE A 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl suffered injuries after a suspected shark attack in Ocean City that left her with 42 stitches for 20 cuts. Jordan Prushinski and her family told WBAL-TVs sister station, WBRE, that they were on vacation Monday at the beach at 119th Street when Jordan went into knee-deep water. Jordan was swimming and boogie boarding with her family when she limped out of the ...