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Vogel finishes second in primary race for Trone’s congressional seat

Gay Maryland lawmaker lost to April McClain Delaney

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Maryland state Del. Joe Vogel (D-Montgomery County) gives a concession speech at his campaign's watch party on May 14, 2024. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

GAITHERSBURG, Md. ā€” Gay Maryland state Del. Joe Vogel (D-Montgomery County) on Tuesday finished second in the Democratic primary for Congressman David Trone’s seat.

Vogel lost to April McClain Delaney by a 39.1-26.7 percent margin with 53 percent of the votes counted.

The Montgomery County Democrat spoke to supporters at the South House Garden in Gaithersburg after he conceded to Delaney.

“I wished her well and pledged that I will do everything in my power and nature that we hold this seat in November, elect a Democratic senator in November and re-elect President Joe Biden,” said Vogel.

Vogel was born in Uruguay. He would have been the first Latino, the first gay man and first Gen Zer elected to Congress from Maryland if he would have won in November.

Delaney will face Republican Neil Parrott, an anti-LGBTQ former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, in November.

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At transgender visibility celebration, Moore called out for lack of action

Trans Maryland Founding Executive Director Lee Blinder criticized governor at event

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Lee Blinder, founding executive director of Trans Maryland, speaks to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore during a ceremony for the International Day for Transgender Visibility. Blinder called out the governor for not backing up his words with action.Ā (Photo by Jessica Gallagher for the Baltimore Banner)

By PAMELA WOOD | In a ceremonial room at the historic State House on International Transgender Day of Visibility, Lee Blinder stepped to a lectern and did something rare: They called out Gov. Wes Moore for failing to back up his words with action.

Over the course of five minutes, Blinder laid out how the Democratic governor has let down transgender Marylanders by not putting money in the budget and not backing needed policy changes.

ā€œWe know who you, Gov. Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,ā€ Blinder said.

The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.

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HHS cuts millions in grants to Hopkins and University of Maryland, Baltimore

Federal government cites diversity focus as reason

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The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, both face new cuts to NIH grant fundingĀ (Photo by Ulysses MuƱoz for the Baltimore Banner)

By MEREDITH COHN | At least two dozen research grants at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University have been terminated by the federal government in recent weeks amid President Donald Trumpā€™s executive orders targeting diversity efforts.

Alex Likowski, a spokesman for the University of Maryland, Baltimore, said on Tuesday that the combined value of its 12 canceled contracts was $5.87 million this year, with an anticipated future funding loss of $11.6 million.

ā€œIn nearly every instance, the reason cited for cancellation is that the grant involves gender identity issues or promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion,ā€ said Likowski.

The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.

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Former College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn disbarred

One-time official serving 30-year prison sentence for child pornography possession, distribution

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Patrick Wojahn (Mugshot courtesy of the Prince George's County Police Department)

Patrick Wojahn, the former mayor of College Park who resigned after law enforcement executed a search and seizure warrant and discovered a ā€œvery large quantityā€ of child sexual abuse material on his cellphone, has agreed to be disbarred in Maryland.

Wojahn, 49, a Democrat who served as mayor from 2015 to 2023, later pleaded guilty in Prince Georgeā€™s County Circuit Court to 140 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography and was sentenced to 30 years in prison ā€” plus five years of probation.

In an order on Friday, Maryland Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader granted a joint petition for disbarment by consent and noted that Wojahn agreed that his actions constituted professional misconduct.

The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.

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