Moore: Closed primary election system ‘has run its course’

By: Bryan P. Sears

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 1,082

Last Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Closed political primaries like Maryland’s disenfranchise voters and should be “reevaluated,” Gov. Wes Moore (D) said in a recent television interview.

“I think that the closed primary process has run its course,” Moore said during an appearance last week on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

Moore’s comments came as a surprise to Boyd Rutherford, the Republican former lieutenant governor who is representing a group of unaffiliated Maryland voters who are suing to open the …

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