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Meet Vanessa

Vanessa Atterbeary has spent her life serving others, from volunteering with survivors of domestic violence to more than a decade of leadership in the Maryland House of Delegates. She passed landmark laws to protect survivors, hold abusers accountable, and lead Maryland’s first-in-the-nation police accountability reforms. Now she’s ready to bring that same record of results home, making sure Howard County families can afford to live here, children thrive in great schools, and every resident has a voice at the table.

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In spite of budget woes, pivotal MD House Dem says no tax increases in 2026

Though Maryland lawmakers will have to contend with a $1.4 billion budget gap in 2026, one top Democrat said Thursday that a second consecutive year of tax hikes is not in the cards.

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Maryland lawmaker wants to reopen state child care scholarships in 2026

Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, said Thursday that despite the disappointment elected officials felt when the state froze its child care scholarship program in May, “the only reassurance we had was that freeze would end in September.”

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Del. Vanessa Atterbeary is running for Howard County executive

Maryland State Del. Vanessa Atterbeary is running for Howard County executive in 2026, making for an increasingly crowded primary race for Democrats in June.

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