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Maryland, whose motto is the 'free state', became the seventh state on April 28, 1788. Maryland's capital is Annapolis and it's largest city is Baltimore. John Hopkins University and the U.S. Naval Academy is located in Maryland.

Maryland has supported the Democratic candidate in the last four presidential elections. Maryland Senators and six of its eight Representatives in Congress are Democrats. Democrats hold super-majorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates.

John Kerry won the state's 10 electoral votes in 2004 by a margin of 13 percentage points with 55.9% of the vote.

To date, 52 Marylanders have been killed in the War in Iraq.

Contents 1 Congressional Delegation 2 State Government 3 Cities & Counties 4 Elections 5 News, Etc 6 Political Blogs 7 See also

Congressional Delegation

• Senate
  • Senior Senator: Barbara Mikulski (D)
  • Junior Senator: Ben Cardin (D)

• House of Representatives
  • (6 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
  • MD-01 Rep.: Andy Harris (R)
  • MD-02 Rep.: Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
  • MD-03 Rep.: John P. Sarbanes (D)
  • MD-04 Rep.: Donna Edwards (D)
  • MD-05 Rep.: Steny Hoyer (D)
  • MD-06 Rep.: Roscoe Bartlett (R)
  • MD-07 Rep.: Elijah Cummings (D)
  • MD-08 Rep.: Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D)

• US Congressional Delegations from (Wikipedia)

State Government

• Executive Branch
  • Governor: Martin O'Malley (D)
  • Lt.Gov: Anthony G. Brown (D)
  • Secretary of State: R. Karl Aumann (R)
  • Treasurer : Nancy K. Kopp (D)
  • Attorney General: Douglas F. Gansler (D)
  • Comptroller: Peter Franchot (D)

• Legislative Branch
  • Maryland General Assembly

• Judicial Branch
  • Maryland Judiciary

• State Constitution
  • Maryland State Constitution (Maryland State Archives)

Cities & Counties

• Local Government (Maryland Archives)
• Maryland Counties (Maryland Association of Counties)
• Maryland County Selection Map (U.S. Census)
• Baltimore
• Bethesda
• Montgomery County
• Talbot County, Maryland

Elections

• Maryland Board of Elections (Maryland Board of Elections)
• Maryland election results
• see U.S. elections

News, Etc

• Maryland Newspapers (NewsLink.org)
• Maryland Newspapers and News Media Guide(ABYZ News Links)
• Maryland Politicians On The Issues (OnTheIssues.org)
• Politics 1: Maryland

Political Blogs

• Air-it-Out with George Wenschhof
• Avi Rubin
• B'MoreGreen (Baltimore Sun)
• Capital Punishment
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
• Chesapeake Climate Action Network Blog
• Daily Kos: Maryland
• Insane Baltimore
• Inside Ed (Baltimore Sun)
• Delusional Duck
• Fineline
• The Greenbelt
• Jay Hancock (Baltimore Sun)
• Just Up the Pike
• Local Warming
• Maryland Politics (Washington Post)
• Maryland Politics Watch
• Montgomery County Progressive Alliance
• Young Democrats of Maryland

See also

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