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This Tuesday, Maryland voters will choose among candidates for the House of Representatives, school boards and county councils. They will also vote for state judges and on ballot questions. Read a Post overview of the most exciting local contests.
Start by reading the statewide ballot questions that will face all Maryland voters.
You can also see The Post's opinion on the issues.
Then see who's on the ballot, as well as all the ballot questions in Anne Arundel, Charles, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George's counties.
 Read two weeks' worth of stories about Maryland Congressional races. PoliticsNow's Maryland page has profiles of candidates in all eight Congressional districts.
The Post has endorsed the incumbents in the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth District congressional races. Read the newspaper's reasoning. Project Vote Smart has collected no-nonsense questionnaires that describe Congressional candidates' positions on various issues. We collect them here. Read the views of: | |
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Ballot Questions
In Prince George's county, the big issue is TRIM. Read the latest stories.
Then read the Post's opinion and discuss TRIM with other readers.
The Post has also given endorsements for each and every Prince George's and Montgomery County ballot measure. See which choices the Post recommends in Prince George's and Montgomery.
A tax control initiative, "Question C," is also on the ballot in Montgomery. Here are the latest stories about the referendum, also known as the Ficker amendment.
The Post has termed "Question C" a "ballot bomb." Read the Post's opinion and discuss "Question C" with other readers.
Montgomery's "Question D" may seem arcane, but it's raising an emotional reaction from many county political groups. Read the text of "Question D" and read a Post story explaining why it's important.
Howard County's "Question M" offers to make the county charter gender-neutral. Read the text of the measure and a Post story explaining how it came to be.
County Elections
The quiet Montgomery County school board race offers some intriguing match-ups. Look at a map that shows which school board district you're in. Then read a Post profile of the race and discuss the choices.
The Prince George's County school board race will fill three empty seats. Read a Post story about the race.
Read the Post's suggestions for the best candidates in both Montgomery and Prince George's County school board races.
The Charles County school board race offers two candidates who want to introduce the teaching of creationism into the schools. Read a Post story about the race.
The Howard County school board race has turned into a heated contest with the two candidates drawing sharp differences between themselves, particularly over the teaching of creationism. Read a Post story about the race.
Howard County's contested circuit court judge race is truly unusual. Read all the Post stories covering this election and discuss whether judges should be elected in the first place.
The Post recommends that voters keep the incumbent judges in Howard County. Read the paper's endorsement.