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Rep. David Trone, D-Md., who was recently blasted for using a disparaging term for Black people during a House hearing, is officially the largest self-funded candidate of a Senate primary race in U.S. history. Trone contributed $18.5 million of his own money to his Maryland Senate campaign, Fox News confirmed. And he brought in a total of over $40 million, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). No candidate running in a Senate primary has contributed this amount in recorded Senate primary history. "David Trone has been crystal clear that he’s prepared to do whatever it takes to...

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Maryland Democrat Senate frontrunner Rep. David Trone has apologized for using a racial slur during a House meeting, claiming he simply misspoke. Trone, a member of Congress since 2019, was talking about tax policies with Office of Budget and Management Director Shalanda Young — a black woman — when he uttered the word: “+-&_$$$.” The term has been used insultingly towards black people for over 100 years, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. “So this Republican $#@-:&&, that, you know, it’s the tax rate that’s stopping business investment, it’s just completely faulty by people who have never run a business,”...

Rep. David Trone (D-MD) will forgo running for reelection in his congressional district to run for the U.S. Senate following longtime Maryland lawmaker Sen. Ben Cardin’s announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2024. “I am running to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate because the clock is ticking to stop the opioid epidemic, fix the mental health crisis, and reform our broken justice system,” the three-term congressman said on social media, accompanied by his announcement video. I am running to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate because the clock is ticking to stop the opioid epidemic, fix the...

The final outcome of the battle between U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-Potomac) and his Republican challenger, Del. Neil Parrott of Hagerstown – the state’s most competitive congressional race this year thanks largely to redistricting – remained unclear early Wednesday. With all Election Day precincts reporting, Parrott held a 51%-49% lead, with a little more than 4,500 votes separating the two candidates in the 6th Congressional District. While Parrott had a nearly 15,000-vote edge in votes cast on Election Day, Trone cut into this with leads in early voting tallies and, perhaps most significantly, mail-in ballots – a category in which...