Maryland Attorney general-elect Anthony Brown, a Democrat, won by a sizable margin Tuesday.

Gubernatorial candidates Dan Cox and Wes Moore debated at Maryland Public Television studios in Owings Mills Wednesday.

A judge with Maryland’s highest court denied the GOP candidate for governor’s appeal Friday.

The state BOE took legal action to address mail-in ballot-counting after it took more than a month to certify a winner of the Montgomery County Executive Democratic primary.

The first independent poll ahead of the general election shows Democratic candidates in the lead. The poll also asked voters about a referendum to legalize marijuana.

In a statement released by his campaign, Cox calls the Board of Elections’ effort to allow mail-in ballots to be tabulated earlier “unconstitutional.”

If elected in November, Moore, an author and first-time candidate, will be Maryland’s first Black governor.