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  "path": "/2026/04/30/moore-closed-primary-election-system-has-run-its-course/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T00:23:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Election 2026",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Appellate Court of Maryland",
    "Bill Maher",
    "Boyd Rutherford",
    "Gov. Wes Moore",
    "HBO",
    "Jared DeMarinis",
    "primary elections",
    "Rhyan Lake",
    "Sen. Chery Kagan",
    "Senate Education Energy and Environment Committee",
    "unaffiliated voters"
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  "textContent": "Gov. Wes Moore said in a recent TV interview that closed political primaries like Maryland's disenfranchise voters and should be \"reevaluated,\" but a spokesperson insisted he was just musing, not calling to blow up the state's party-controlled primaries.",
  "title": "Moore: Closed primary election system ‘has run its course’"
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