HOGAN RETAINS MOCO DEMOCRAT AS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to make bipartisan overtures toward Montgomery County, this time in another personnel decision that retains one of MoCo's most-prominent Democrats in his administration. As first reported by Maryland politics blog Seventh State, Hogan is keeping Kensington Mayor Peter Fosselman as Deputy Secretary of State.

Fosselman has served in the role for nearly four years, and has been Mayor of Kensington since 2006.