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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.

The Senate Democratic Caucus Committee under Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson has collected $1.26 million so far.

As the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections reconfigures local races to match the boundaries of newly drawn legislative maps, Republican District 31 Sen. Bryan Simonaire is running for reelection. The Pasadena resident will be campaigning in a far different district than the one he has come to know as senator for the past 16 years.

As current state delegate on the committee overseeing health care and a candidate for the state Senate, Saab should be willing answer questions about his businesses. So far, he has told us that he is “not involved on that side of the business.”

The medical director of a Gambrills urgent care facility and related chain of COVID-19 test clinics pleaded not guilty on Friday to health care fraud charges alleging he directed staff to bill Medicare for complex office visits when patients took COVID-19 tests.

An Anne Arundel County Democratic activist is launching a political action committee that she hopes will play a similar role in local and state politics to the work the fabled Lincoln Project did during the 2020 presidential election and beyond.

A five-day frenzy of activity ensued for democratic party leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, after some last-minute decisions before the filing deadline.

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After previously exploring a run for Anne Arundel County executive, Del. Sid Saab filed to run for state Senate for District 33 on April 8. Then on Monday, Sen. Ed Reilly, who represents that same district, withdrew his reelection bid.