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Larry Hogan
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 62nd governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party and son of three-term U.S. representative Lawrence Hogan, he served as co-chair of the centrist organization No Labels from 2020 to 2023. He was the Republican nominee in the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Maryland, losing to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks. Hogan unsuccessfully campaigned for his father's old district, Maryland's 5th congressional district in 1981 and 1992, the latter of which was incumbent Steny Hoyer's closest race. He then served in the cabinet of governor Bob Ehrlich from 2003 to 2007 as Maryland Secretary of Appointments. In 2011, Hogan founded the Change Maryland organization, which he used to promote his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. He campaigned as a moderate Republican and defeated Democrat Anthony Brown in the general election in what was considered an upset. Hogan was reelected in 2018, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Maryland
The governor of the State of Maryland is the head of government of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state and has a broad range of appointive powers in both the state and local governments, as specified by the Maryland Constitution (1867, and revisions/amendments). The current governor is Wes Moore, who has been in office since 2023. Selection and qualifications Like most state chief executives in the United States, the governor is elected by the citizens of Maryland to serve a four-year term. Under the Constitution of Maryland, the governor can run any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. This makes it possible for a two-term governor to run for the office again after remaining out of office for at least one term. An eligible candidate for governor must be at least 30 years old, and also a resident of and a registered voter in Maryland for the five years preceding t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Labels
No Labels is an Politics of the United States, American political organization whose stated mission is to support centrism and Bipartisanship in United States politics, bipartisanship through what it calls the "commonsense majority". No Labels was founded in 2010 as a 501(c)(4) by current president and CEO Nancy Jacobson. Senator Joe Lieberman served as its national co-chair from 2014 to 2024. On April 4, 2024, the organization ended its effort to secure ballot access for a Unity ticket for the 2024 United States presidential election. Following Lieberman's death on March 27, 2024, the organization stated that it would remain true to its commitment to not offer its ballot line to a candidate who did not have a likely path to victory to avoid them acting as a "Spoiler effect, spoiler" for either party. History Founding No Labels was founded on December 13, 2010, with the slogan "Not Left. Not Right. Forward". Organizers said the aim was to organize American voters against pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Maryland Gubernatorial Election
The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018. The date included the election of the Governor of Maryland, governor, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, lieutenant governor, and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Popular incumbent governor Larry Hogan and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford, both Maryland Republican Party, Republicans, were re-elected to a second term in a landslide against Democrat Ben Jealous, the former NAACP CEO, and his running mate Susan Turnbull. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 presidential election. Hogan became the second Republican governor of Maryland to win re-election, and the first since Theodore McKeldin in 1954 Maryland gubernatorial election, 1954. He also became the first Republican to win over 55% of the vote in a statewide election in Maryland since U.S. Senator Charles Mathias in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Brown (Maryland Politician)
Anthony Gregory Brown (born November 21, 1961) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the attorney general of Maryland since 2023. He previously served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2017 to 2023 and as the eighth lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for governor in the 2014 election, losing to Republican Larry Hogan in a close race. Brown served two four-year terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Prince George's County from 1999 to 2007.Anthony G. Brown, Lt. Governor ". Political biography Maryland State Archives . Retrieved February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moderate Republicans (modern United States)
The Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in the United States includes several Political faction, factions, or wings. During the 19th century, Republican factions included the Half-Breeds (politics), Half-Breeds, who supported civil service reform; the Radical Republicans, who advocated the immediate and total abolition of slavery, and later advocated civil rights for freed slaves during the Reconstruction era; and the Stalwarts, who supported machine politics. In the 20th century, Republican factions included the Progressive Republicans, the Reagan coalition, and the liberal Rockefeller Republicans. In the 21st century, Republican factions include conservatives (represented in the House by the Republican Study Committee and the Freedom Caucus), moderates (represented in the House by the Republican Governance Group, Republican Main Street Partnership, Republican Main Street Caucus, and the Republican members of the Problem Solvers Caucus), and libertarians (represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Maryland Gubernatorial Election
The 2014 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Maryland, governor and Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, lieutenant governor of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic governor Martin O'Malley was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term. Gubernatorial candidates pick their running mates, with the two then running together on the same ticket. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. The Democrats nominated incumbent lieutenant governor Anthony Brown (Maryland politician), Anthony Brown and Howard County, Maryland, Howard County County Executive, Executive Kenneth Ulman, while the Republicans nominated former State Secretary of Appointments Larry Hogan and former State Secretary of General Services and former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for Administration Boyd Rutherford. Brown predicted that winning the general election would be just "a little bit of a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981. He also served as House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. Hoyer first attained office through a special election on May 19, 1981, and is in his 23rd House term. His district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C. Hoyer is the dean of the United States congressional delegations from Maryland, Maryland congressional delegation and the most Seniority in the United States House of Representatives, senior Democrat in the House. From 2003 to 2023, Hoyer was the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives behind Nancy Pelosi. He is a two-time Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House majority leader, having served in the post from 2007 to 2011 under Speaker of the United States House of Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 United States House Of Representatives Elections
The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1992, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd United States Congress. They coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected president, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush. Despite this, however, the Democrats lost a net of nine seats in the House to the Republicans, in part due to redistricting following the 1990 census. This election was the first to use districts drawn up during the 1990 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 1990 census. The redrawn districts were notable for the increase in majority-minority districts, drawn as mandated by the Voting Rights Act. The 1980 census resulted in 17 majority-black districts and 10 majority-Hispanic districts, but 32 and 19 such districts, respectively, were drawn after 1990. This was the first time ever that the victorious presidential party lost seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 United States House Of Representatives Elections
There were five elections in 1981 to the United States House of Representatives: List of elections Elections are listed by date and district. , - ! , David Stockman , , Republican , 1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 1976 , , Incumbent resigned January 27, 1981, to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.New member elected April 21, 1981.Republican hold. , nowrap , , - ! , Gladys Spellman , , Democratic , 1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 1974 , , Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981.New member elected May 19, 1981.Democratic hold. , nowrap , , - ! , Tennyson Guyer , , Republican , 1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 1972 , , Incumbent died April 12, 1981.New member elected June 25, 1981. Republican hold. , nowrap , , - ! , Jon Hinson , , Republican , 1978 United States House of Repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland's 5th Congressional District
Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties (a region known as Southern Maryland), as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, who from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023 was House Majority Leader. When it was defined in 1788, the 5th Congressional District centered on Salisbury, Maryland. It consisted of the current Maryland counties of Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester. In 1792 the boundaries of Maryland's congressional districts were redrawn, and the 5th District was made to include Baltimore and Baltimore County. This district is safely Democratic, and has been in Democratic hands uninterrupted since the retirement of Lawrence Hogan (father of future Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan) in 1975. He was succeeded by Gladys Spellman, who served from 1975 until the seat was declared vacant by the House due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Alsobrooks
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served from 2011 to 2018 as state's attorney for Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's County and from 2018 to 2024 as county executive of Prince George's County. She was Prince George's County's first female county executive and the first Black female county executive in Maryland history. Born and raised in Prince George's County, Alsobrooks graduated from Duke University and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She began her career as an attorney for local firms before becoming involved in county government as a domestic violence prosecutor and appointed official in county executive Jack B. Johnson's administration. She was elected state's attorney of Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
