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When Hoyer took the podium in front of the Maryland blue crab backdrop and an audience that had risen to its feet, the veteran lawmaker used his health as a benchmark for the work and successes of Democrats in health care.
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Charm Scott, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s eight-month-old baby boy, was introduced to the Maryland delegation breakfast Tuesday in Lion King fashion.
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Maryland Senate candidate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks made her debut on the national stage Tuesday, giving a keynote address to the Democratic National Convention about her mentor Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Ever since Donald Trump rode down that ridiculous elev
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Among thousands of protesters at the March on the Democratic National Convention Monday was 23-year-old Ahlam Dahood of Frederick, Maryland, who traveled solo to call for Vice President Kamala Harris to end the U.S. supply of weapons to Israel.
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CHICAGO – Maryland Democratic Party Chairman Ken Ulman called the delegation to order in lieu of a gavel, instead hammering a crab mallet on Monday morning. Before that, Ulman introduced a surprise special guest to the stage.
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CNS staff were in attendance at both the Black and LGBTQ+ Caucus meetings at the McCormick Place Convention Center, where Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, made surprise appearances in rapid succession. Both crowds welcomed the former teacher with spirited responses.
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Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin warned the nation Monday in an address to the Democratic National Convention that former President Donald Trump remains a danger to democracy and is being abetted by “Banana Republicans.”
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One-hundred thirty-eight Maryland delegates and political officials have come to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention this week, looking to build on the surging energy in the party generated by the candidacies of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday won praise from Maryland Democrats, who pointed to the governor’s experience and approach to politics as key assets in the fall campaign.
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Maryland Democrats on Sunday quickly praised President Joe Biden’s sudden decision to withdraw from the presidential race just weeks before the Democratic National Convention and some immediately backed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s new standard-bearer.
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