David Nitkin

Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend will flex the muscle of her maiden name tonight at a fund-raiser in Washington. Host of the event is her uncle, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy...

Shortly after Illinois Gov. George Ryan took office in 1999, he was faced with the case of Anthony Porter. Porter was scheduled to die for murder, but his lawyer earned...

Parris N. Glendening became the second governor in the nation to impose a moratorium on the death penalty, ordering a halt yesterday to next week's execution of Wesley Eugene Baker...

BETHESDA -- Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend received an endorsement in her bid for governor from a leading abortion-rights group during a cocktail reception yesterday in Montgomery County. Nancy C....

Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he would resurrect boot camps for young criminals if elected governor, signaling that his campaign will focus heavily on a maligned program...

Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is poised to announce Monday that he is running for governor, scheduling a morning speech from his boyhood home in Arbutus and afternoon stops in...

Quick. Name the lone major-party candidate in the race to succeed Gov. Parris N. Glendening. If you guessed Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, you're wrong. The Democratic lieutenant governor still won't acknowledge...

(c)2002, The Baltimore Sun Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend would handily defeat U.S. Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in a contest for Maryland governor, but her advantage is slipping as...

Gov. Parris N. Glendening released his state redistricting proposal yesterday, a plan his aides said would improve the chances for minorities to win election to the General Assembly but which...