2024 ELECTION

Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (right) and members of Gov. Larry Hogan cabinet follow the governor into a news conference in March, 2020. Photo by Bruce DePuyt. During a wide-ranging interview with Maryland Matters last week, Gov. Larry Hogan discussed many of the biggest issues he faced during his two terms as Maryland’s leader. Hogan’s … Read more

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for president for 2024 on Monday, despite hoax screenshots of a Federal Election Commission posting that began circulating online, according to his spokesperson. “Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for President today,” Devin O’Malley, Pence’s spokesperson, wrote on Twitter.  The screenshot of … Read more

Big changes have come to Maryland elections since the coronavirus pandemic struck in 2020. More than 1 in 4 voters participated using mail-in ballots in the most recent election, casting them via ballot drop boxes or sending them back via the mail. With that cultural shift has come the need for more adjustments to the … Read more

The conservative wave that swept many school boards across Florida did not make much of a dent in Republican-leaning Pasco County this November. Activists want to do better in 2024. So they’re getting started early. Less than a month after the general election concluded, two parents who strongly support Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education agenda announced … Read more

Former Vice President Mike Pence has not filed paperwork to run for president in 2024 despite a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, a spokesperson confirmed. A filing with the FEC that was processed on Monday indicated that Pence had officially thrown his hat in the ring for the 2024 presidential nomination, according … Read more

All of this is not exactly new in politics. In December 2018, Kamala Harris, then a senator from California, said she would decide on a 2020 presidential campaign after talking with her family “over the holiday.” (She got in.) Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey said the same month that “during the holidays” he planned … Read more

Fast forward and imagine it is January 5, 2025. Joe Biden was declared winner of the 2024 election in December, defeating Donald Trump once again. But Trump-loyal militias have mobilized, kidnapping election officials and demanding they confess to fraudulently manipulating vote totals. In Arizona, where the most kidnappings have occurred, the governor refuses to call … Read more