# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 13. Campaign Finance

### Subtitle 4. Campaign Materials

#### Section 13-402

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a person publishing a newspaper or periodical in the State may not charge a candidate for State or local public office a rate for political advertising that exceeds the local rate regularly charged for commercial advertising by the person publishing that newspaper or periodical.

(b) If a candidate uses an advertising or press agency to place a political advertisement, the person publishing the newspaper or periodical may charge the national rate regularly charged by that newspaper or periodical for commercial advertising.

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Md. Code Ann., Election Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)