By Adam Pagnucco. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, who just won reelection by 48 points, opened a public financing account today to run for the open Council District 3 seat. The…
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Mukunda Takes on King – and Ferguson
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Bethesda Magazine’s Lou Peck broke the story that new candidate Amar Mukunda had switched from the District 39 delegate race (in which a slate led…
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By Adam Pagnucco. I worked at the county council when the original public financing bill was passed. Here is one point that was repeated over and over by the bill’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Note: This article has been updated. Back in July, I reported that the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), wielder of the mighty Apple Ballot, planned to issue…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A person listed as a campaign coordinator by Council Member Will Jawando’s county executive campaign, which uses the county’s public financing program, was paid with money from…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, the Maryland Sierra Club quietly began endorsing federal and state incumbents for reelection. Many of them got the nod but some did not. Who made…
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Good Luck Beating an Incumbent
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March 2021, I wrote a column titled It’s Hard to Beat Incumbents. That’s one of the most basic premises of politics, but sometimes it gets…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando is running for county executive in the county’s public financing program, which requires candidates to rely on contributions from individuals of $500 or…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Seven, we learned that zip codes with high percentages of Asian, Black and Latino residents disproportionately did not contribute to publicly financed candidates. Let’s look…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A coalition of public safety unions has announced their support for Will Milam, a retired Prince George’s County Chief Assistant Sheriff who is challenging incumbent Max Uy…
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