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2024 Elections: Apple Ballots Win the Day!

If you’ve ever been an Apple Ballot volunteer, you know it can be fun, exhausting, rewarding, and surprising—especial-ly when you strike up a friendship with that volunteer handing out literature for the other candidate…and discover that you really do have a lot in common! That’s why so many local union members add theirnames to the […]
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2024 School Board Elections: There's No Down Time

With so much at stake in school board races across Maryland, there’s little downtime from the May primaries to the November general election. Already in locals where these school board races are so critical, candidates are planning and campaigning, and local educator unions are strategizing how to maximize educators’ influence at the voting booth. State […]
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Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate

Delegates to MSEA’s Representative Assembly met in a special session in May to approve the MSEA Endorsement Council’s recommendation of Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Cardin. That recommendation was then forwarded to, and approved by, NEA. Visit the Angela Alsobrooks for Senate website. Alsobrooks is the current […]
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Educator-Recommended Candidates Sweep Primaries, Work for November Wins

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Educators’ Recommended Candidates Win Primary Races More than 90% of educator-recommended candidates emerged victorious in the May primary races at all levels of government, giving educators an excellent opportunity to see champions for schools and students hold elected office at many different levels. For the always important board of education races, […]
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Primary Election Day 2024

Do you wonder why your local union and MSEA are involved in politics? It’s because almost all of the people who make decisions about public education and your job are elected leaders or their appointees. When we elect solid friends of public education to positions on boards of education, county councils, and as state and […]
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MSEA Delegates Vote to Take Position of Support on the Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment

Recently the Maryland State Education Association’s Representative Assembly, which consists of hundreds of educators from across the state elected by their colleagues, voted to take a position of support for the Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, which Marylanders will vote on this November. “We’re proud to stand with Maryland families in support of the Right […]
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National Education Association Makes Recommendations for Open Maryland Congressional Seats

The National Education Association (NEA) has made recommendations in Maryland’s three open Congressional seats: Sarah Elfreth in District 3, Johnny Olszewski in District 2, and Joe Vogel in District 6, following the recommendations of the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) Board of Directors. These recommendations come at the conclusion of an inclusive process highlighted by […]
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School Board Elections 2024: What's at Stake

BOARDS OF EDUCATION MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR DAILY LIVES AND CAREERS—FROM CONTRACTS TO COMBATTING BOOK BANS, BOARDS OF EDUCATION ARE WHERE THE ACTION IS. THAT’S WHY SOME EXTREMISTGROUPS ARE SO INTERESTED IN SPENDING BIG MONEY IN LOCAL RACES AND PURPOSELY DRAWING VOTERS INTO NATIONAL, POLITICIZED CULTURE WARS. YOUR BOARD OF EDUCATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR […]
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David Trone for U.S. Senate

With Senator Ben Cardin retiring, Marylanders will elect a new U.S. senator in November 2024 for the first time since Sen. Chris Van Hollen was elected to his first term in 2016. At the 2023 MSEA Fall Representative Assembly, delegates from across the state voted to recommend Rep. David Trone (D-6th) to NEA for endorsement. […]
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