Franchot announces support for Klobuchar presidential bid
Maryland Comptroller Peter V. R. Franchot (D) announced in a Sunday-morning Facebook post his endorsement of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for president. “Thrilled to…
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David Trone is making moves to run for governor in 2022, sources say
A number of sources close to U.S. Rep. David J. Trone (D-Md.) say the first-term congressman is already eyeing an exit from Washington, setting his…
Sen. Brian Feldman mulling a bid for comptroller
Peter V. R. Franchot (D) announced earlier this month that he will not seek a fifth term in 2022 as the state’s comptroller. He’s running…
Franchot met with skepticism amid Montgomery County’s progressive bastion
Visit any New Hampshire diner around this time of the year, every three to four years or so. You’re likely to run into a presidential…
Franchot, a frequent Eastern Shore guest, highlighted 6 themes of a potential gubernatorial bid at a Friday-evening Easton fundraiser
Maryland’s Comptroller Peter V. R. Franchot (D) is not a full-time resident of the Eastern Shore, but he certainly could be considered a resident guest….
Turning down a future gubernatorial bid, Paul Pinsky dings Franchot as ‘too conservative’
The chairman of Maryland’s Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee is unlikely to be campaigning for or cutting a check to Comptroller Peter V….
Franchot and Company’s Rebel Yell
Around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, much of Annapolis may have heard a clangorous rumble emanating from Jake Weissmann’s rather unimpressive first-floor State House office…
Hogan and Franchot’s lonely island of political sanity
Disclaimer: I am writing this column after a long day out in the sun and too much cable news on the XM dial. I’m feeling…
With a robust statewide coalition in place and money in the bank, Franchot is taking obvious steps toward a 2022 gubernatorial bid
One day after Maryland politicos battled the sweltering summer heat and infringing humidity at Somers Cover over crabs, clams and Smith Island mini-cakes, the perfect…
The Annapolis Machine’s Opus Dei has a leader in Eric Luedtke
The late Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch was an exceptionally astute man with uncanny political instincts. Busch must have instinctively known that there was…
