Glen Burnie Election Guide

As we look ahead to November’s elections, Glen Burnie Patch is devoted to bringing you the information you need to be informed. Here's our start on the candidates and issues we'll be covering as November draws near. Be sure to bookmark this page for updates.

Daniel Bongino: Daniel Bongino of Severna Park, a former Secret Service agent, is the against incumbent Democrat Sen. Ben Cardin.

Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger: Ruppersberger is seeking his sixth term and is up against state Sen. Nancy Jacobs. He is ; a big showing by Democrats in November could vault him to committee chairman.

Rep. John Sarbanes: The Democrat is seeking a fourth term in Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District. If re-elected, the Towson resident will represent parts of Baltimore, Howard, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties as well as parts of Baltimore City in the newly reconfigured district. Sarbanes made headlines in May when he announced that would come from small donors.

Mitt Romney: The former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential nominee . His wife, Ann Romney, .

President Barack Obama: Maryland is a reliably Democratic state for presidential candidates. Obama held as well as campaigned in Baltimore with Gov. Martin O'Malley. In an interview with ABC News on May 9, Obama .

Same-Sex Marriage: On March 1, in Maryland. Despite celebrations from supporters, opponents in May in November. Until then, supporters of same-sex marriage, such as Equality Maryland are mobilizing support, canvassing and holding public events. Groups that oppose same-sex marriage, including the Maryland Catholic Conference, are still soliciting support and fundraising.

Dream Act: The Dream Act would allow undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at institutions in the University System of Maryland if their parents filed to pay state taxes, if they attended a Maryland high school for at least three years and if they graduated. in 2011, and landed it on the 2012 ballot as a voter referendum.