Mayor Brandon Scott, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. seek to move 2024 primary from Passover

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. are asking the Maryland General Assembly to change the date of the state’s 2024 primary, which is scheduled to take place on the first day of Passover next year. In separate letters Thursday to Senate President Bill Ferguson and House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, the two Democrats pointed out the Democratic and Republican primaries for local, state and federal offices are slated to take place April 23, 2024, which falls during the eight-day Jewish holiday.