Robert J. Garagiola

After campaigning in Western Maryland the last three congressional elections, Joseph T. Krysztoforski thinks he has established a “good foothold” in the 6th District and is trying again. Even when Maryland redrew its congressional...

Whew, what a week. First, my Frosty the Snowman costume gets trashed, then the 6th District congressional race gets even more trashed before it even starts. Really, what was that? I know there'd been what the weather forecasters call an "upper atmosphere...

Flocking to their candidates Alliances are forming in Maryland’s 6th District Congress race, with four months to go before the primary and the general election 11 months away. When state Sen. David R. Brinkley, R-Carroll/Frederick, announced...

Bud Otis, U.S. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett's chief of staff, has resigned after news circulated that he was testing the waters for a possible 6th District campaign if Bartlett didn't run again. Bartlett, R-Md., said "a flurry" of news stories about Otis'...

Dr. Milad L. Pooran is temporarily stepping away from his campaign for Maryland's 6th Congressional District seat because, as an Air National Guardsman, he has been deployed to Germany. During a telephone interview Wednesday, several hours before his...

Gov. Martin O'Malley pledged Friday to lead the charge next year for a law to recognize same-sex marriage in Maryland, saying he would include the effort among a "handful" of legislative priorities during the 2012 session. Supporters predicted that the...

Ed Coile and his husband are true-blue Democrats. But they were thinking about saving money, not their congressional representation, when they decided to move from Washington to conservative Frederick County last year. "Politics just didn't play a role,"...

Washington County Democrats on Thursday welcomed two potential Democratic candidates for governor and Congress. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, considered to be a possible 2014 gubernatorial candidate, spoke at the annual Washington County...

Two local Republican lawmakers — state Sen. Christopher B. Shank and Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. — are considering jumping into a 6th Congressional District race if 10-term GOP incumbent Roscoe G. Bartlett bows out. Even though Bartlett, 85,...

Potential Congressional candidate picks up endorsements State Sen. Robert J. Garagiola hasn’t committed yet to running for the 6th District Congress seat, yet on Monday, his campaign released a list of 17 Democratic state senators and delegates...

Maryland Senate Majority Leader Sen. Robert J. Garagiola Tuesday concluded his campaign kickoff tour for the 6th Congressional District in Washington County among supporters of the county Democratic Central Committee. Hagerstown was the final stop for...

Editor's note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. For years, U.S. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md., has championed the concept of "peak oil," that oil is a finite...