Who’s running in Maryland’s 2026 elections and where do candidates stand on the issues? Read their answers to The Baltimore Sun and Capital Gazette’s questions.

How Maryland mail ballots are handled: signature check, bipartisan canvass, intent review, and public observation.

Early voting begins Thursday. Howard County voters can cast ballots at any of five voting centers for local and state positions ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Polling locations will be open daily, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Oct. 29. They are: Gary J. Arthur Community Center in Cooksville Meadowbrook Athletic Complex in Ellicott City Bain 50+ Center in Columbia St. John Baptist Church in ...

Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox promises affordability More. 3m ago (02:53)

Maryland's elections board was targeted in a suspicious mailing intercepted by law enforcement, as the FBI investigates letters sent to election officials and congressional offices nationwide.

Dan Schwartz, the Democratic candidate challenging U.S. Rep. Andy Harris in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District, said he opposes Question 3.

Sample ballots sent out by Anne Arundel election officials are missing state ballot questions, Maryland elections administrator Jared DeMarinis said Friday. The error affects specimen ballots, which are informational previews and not the official ballots voters use to cast their votes. DeMarinis said on X Friday morning that the specimen ballots omit statewide Questions 2 and 3, which are the ...

Rep. Andy Harris clashed with audience members during a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz and later tried to have a student journalist removed from a press gaggle after questioning the reporter's right to record him.

Republican Representative Andy Harris couldn’t handle a debate audience laughing at his explanation for high gas prices. On Tuesday night, during a debate in Cambridge, Maryland, with his Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz, both candidates were asked about President Trump’s recent deal with Russia for diesel fuel. “Making a deal with Russia to lift sanctions on their diesel when they are actively working with Iranian forces to kill our troops is...