Editorial Elections 

Raskin Deserves To Go To Congress

I am requesting that readers support Senator Jamie Raskin’s bid for Congress in the 8th district of Maryland.  He is an ethical and dynamic legislator, and deserves your backing. He has fought to protect not just the citizens of Western Maryland, but all the citizens of Maryland should there be fracking. As the co-sponsor of SB 361, The Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act, with Senator Bobby Zirkin, he testified in front of the House Committee, and pushed hard to get it passed in the General Assembly. SB 361 provided a victim with…

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Editorial Elections 

McHenry Resident Urges Votes for Raskin in 8th Congressional District

Although I am not a resident of the 8th Congressional District in Maryland, I am writing to urge you and your readers to support Senator Jamie Raskin in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, April 26. I live in Garrett County in Western Maryland. if the fracking industry is allowed to operate in Maryland, it will first do so here. There are many people in Western Maryland who do not want the pollution, heavy truck traffic, severe health problems, environmental and economic devastation that occurs wherever fracking takes place. Unfortunately, the…

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Editorial Elections Talking Maryland Politics 

Democratic Dominos Set to Fall in Maryland

George Wenschhof The announcement by Maryland U.S. Democratic senator Barbara Mikuski that she would not be running for reelection set off a momentous chain reaction among Democratic elected officials and activists. On Tuesday April 26, primary election day in Maryland, voters will determine the outcome.

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