Maryland’s Republican senate candidate Larry Hogan edged out his Democratic opponent, Angela Alsobrooks, in fundraising during this year’s second quarter, even as a super PAC has assembled millions more that could be put toward installing him in the Senate. The financial muscle behind Hogan could boost the former governor as he vies to flip a seat that has been blue for decades.
Maryland
Hogan outpaces Alsobrooks in fundraising, while super PAC amasses more
Hogan’s fundraising network raised $6.6 million between April 1 and June 30, outpacing Alsobrooks’s campaign by nearly $1 million, according to Federal Election Commission filings by the campaigns on Monday. A former governor who remained popular among Maryland voters after leaving office in 2023, Hogan had $3.3 million in cash on hand across his primary campaign committee and its joint fundraising partners.
“Our campaign is incredibly humbled by the support we’ve received across the state,” Hogan for Maryland spokeswoman Blake Kernen said in a statement. “Marylanders are fed up with politics as usual and are hungry for strong, independent leadership in Washington to put people over politics.”
The Alsobrooks campaign raised $5.7 million in total contributions across her fundraising network during the second quarter, with $3.7 million in cash on hand at June 30. The campaign said it received donations from every county in the state, and increased its pool of donors more than fivefold over the previous quarter.
“We continue to build upon our grassroots movement because voters know I will fight for them and their families, because we all want the same things; for our freedoms to be protected, to feel safe in our communities, to have access to quality education, and a job that treats us with dignity and respect,” said Alsobrooks, executive of Maryland’s second-largest county, Prince George’s, in a statement.
The high-stakes matchup in deeply Democratic Maryland is one of a few expected to determine the balance of power in the Senate.
Hogan left the governor’s office with record-high job approval ratings among both Democrats and Republicans, and a national brand as a Donald Trump critic. He said he did not plan to travel to the Republican National Convention, which he hasn’t attended since before Trump’s 2016 nomination.
Alsobrooks has made a case to voters that regardless of what Hogan says, electing him to the Senate, where Democrats now hold a slim majority, could empower a Republican majority aligned with Trump’s agenda.
Hogan’s own fundraising haul could be eclipsed by a super PAC created days after the February launch of his Senate bid. The super PAC, called Maryland’s Future, has stockpiled more than $15 million. Super PACs are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on political activity, so long as they don’t coordinate with candidates they benefit.
Maryland’s Future received an initial $10-million infusion from Republican megadonor Ken Griffin, who backed Nikki Haley in this year’s Republican presidential primary and remained resistant afterward to giving money to Trump, telling others he did not have plans to fall in line with the former president, according to people who spoke with him.
Between April and June, Maryland’s Future received additional big-dollar injections, including: $2 million from Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO and co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone; $1 million from Craig J. Duchossois, a Chicago-based investor; and $150,000 from Harlan R. Crow, the Texas billionaire recently in the news for providing lavish vacations to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Maryland’s Future also received $1 million from Warren A. Stephens, a longtime Republican donor and investment banker who also has given to each of Hogan’s joint fundraising committees and his leadership PAC. Stephens was a major financial backer of efforts to stop Trump from being elected in 2016. Like Griffin, he backed Haley in the primary, but he has since shown support for Trump, with his name appearing among billionaire hosts of a fundraiser planned for the former president in April.
The super PAC lists its address as that of a Staples store in Annapolis. Its treasurer is an Alabama-based accountant, Craig Mareno, who was also listed in documents last year creating a super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid. Reached by phone Tuesday, Mareno declined to comment. The Washington Post did not immediately get a response to a message sent to an email address listed for Maryland’s Future.
Nearly all of the super PAC’s funders are from out of state. But Michael D. Epstein, president of Willow Asset Management in Rockville, Md., gave $25,000. Last month, he retweeted a post on X by Republicans against Trump, noting the former president is a felon and saying it was embarrassing for him that Hogan rejected his support. Epstein could not be reached for comment.
Several left-leaning political action committees have contributed to Alsobrooks’s campaign, including Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.) group Common Ground PAC, which gave $10,000 in May after the primary. Emily’s List, a national group that supports Democratic abortion rights advocates women running for office, gave $5,000 to support Alsobrooks in May, and has given the campaign $10,000 total this election cycle.
Alsobrooks on Monday touted an “outpouring of support from people all across this state.” Of the total dollar figure for itemized donations reported by her campaign network, 54 percent came from contributors inside the state, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission data. Of Hogan’s itemized donation total, 41 percent came from inside the state, the analysis showed. (Campaigns are only required to record details for — or “itemize” — donations from individuals who have given at least $200.)
Paul Schwartzman contributed to this report.
Maryland
Missing Preston County man found dead in Maryland – WV MetroNews
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — The 84-year-old missing Preston County resident has been found deceased after a search lasting several days.
West Virginia State Police said Willard DeWitt, who had significant medical issues and showed possible signs of dementia, was found dead inside his vehicle overturned in the Youghiogheny River near Oakland, Maryland on Monday.
Initially investigators cite road and medical conditions as causes of the crash, but the investigation is ongoing.
During the search, troopers learned the Toyota truck DeWitt was operating could transmit its location if a cellular signal was obtained. Knowing this, they obtained a cellular signal booster and drove rural routes throughout Preston County in an effort to find the vehicle.
The West Virginia State Police Kingwood Detachment was assisted by the state police Aviation Unit, the Garrett County Sheriff’s Department, Garrett County Natural Resources Police, West Virginia Emergency Medical Services and a local Preston County search team.
Maryland
Student is shot in a Maryland high school and another student is in custody, police say
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A 16-year-old student was shot inside a suburban Maryland high school on Monday and another student was in custody, police said.
One student was found with a gunshot wound in a hallway and was taken to a hospital in stable condition, the Rockville City Police Department said in a post on Facebook.
The suspect was also a 16-year-old student, the department said. He was identified and arrested near the school shortly after. Both students were boys.
“At this time, there is no further threat to public safety,” police said.
Officers were dispatched at 2:15 p.m. because of reports of shots fired at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, a suburb of Washington, D.C., the department said.
Investigators were still looking for the firearm used in the shooting, Rockville Police Chief Jason West said at a news conference. The alleged shooter’s motive was still under investigation, he said. Authorities didn’t find any other suspects after a search.
Other students were in the area during the shooting and were being interviewed, West said.
Heather Rodriguez, whose daughter is in the ninth grade at Wootton, said she jumped in her car and drove to the school in a rush of panic and adrenaline after she heard about shooting. She stood outside the school for several hours, and her daughter texted that she had heard gunshots, that the school was in lockdown and police were everywhere.
“Everyone’s acting like we are going to die,” she said her daughter texted. “If anything happens, I love you.”
Other parents had been glued to their phones trying to communicate with their children.
Mental health support was available for students and their families, said Thomas W. Taylor, the superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools.
“Today is a heartbreaking and deeply unsettling day for our entire community,” Taylor said. “The kids and our staff are emotionally exhausted and understandably traumatized by today’s events.”
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New York man sentenced to 5 years probation for cyberstalking 6 people in Maryland
A New York man was sentenced to five years of probation for cyberstalking six people in Maryland, according to FBI Baltimore officials.
Richard Michael Roe pleaded guilty in December 2025 to five counts of making harassing phone calls related to a woman he met on the dating app, Bumble, court documents show.
He was also ordered to serve six months of home confinement and complete 500 hours of community service, FBI officials said.
According to court documents, Roe planned an “extensive scheme” to harass and stalk victims. He met a woman online in November 2018. They met in person in January 2019, according to court documents.
After the relationship ended, the victim reported that Roe stalked her on social media before it escalated to emails, prank calls and text messages. He used websites to generate the calls and messages, according to court documents.
Roe also made calls to himself and submitted police reports to make it appear as though he was also being harassed, a move used by cyber criminals, FBI officials said.
According to court documents, the messages that Roe sent to the woman made her feel like she was being physically stalked near her home. She told officials that she spent more than $50,000 to defend and protect herself, saying she “feared for her life,” court documents show.
FBI officials said Roe stalked five other people related to the woman, along with two businesses where she worked.
He sent thousands of texts, phone calls and emails between December 2019 and January 2021 and attempted to gain access to the woman’s Apple, social media and online shopping accounts, according to court documents.
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