As of today, I have resigned my position with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. I am still the Treasurer of the District 18 Democratic Team. I will continue to disclose…
Adam Pagnucco
NBC4 Offers Pay-to-Play for Candidates
Many mainstream media sources offer free voter guides containing basic information and policy statements of candidates. NBC4 is taking things a step further by offering to work with candidates to…
Follow the Money Some More, Part Five
Who is financed by Maryland residents and who is backed by out-of-state money? Let’s pull back that curtain, shall we?Total Receipts from Maryland Contributors (Excludes Self and Family) 1. Steve…
Top Blog Posts, July 2010
Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in July 2010.1. Chevy Chase Post-Storm Photos2. Metro AFL-CIO Council Endorsements3. Unmasked: The District 19 Reporter4. Progressive Maryland Announces More Endorsements5. Nancy…
Follow the Money Some More, Part Four
Today, we look at self-financing. Which MoCo candidates give themselves the most money? Let’s find out.Total Receipts from Self (Includes Loans) 1. Mike Lenett, Senator (D-19): $364,3522. Ben Kramer, Delegate/County…
Manno Alleges Push Poll by Lenett
Delegate Roger Manno (D-19), who is challenging Senator Mike Lenett, has sent out a mass email to his supporters alleging that Lenett is responsible for “an anonymous, offensive and highly…
Follow the Money Some More, Part Three
In our ten-plus-year dataset of MoCo political contributions, business entities and PACs accounted for 25.9% of all receipts and labor PACs and political clubs accounted for 5.2%. Here are the…
The four County Council at-large incumbents – Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, George Leventhal and Duchy Trachtenberg – have struck a non-aggression pact for the remainder of the election season. While…
Follow the Money Some More, Part Two
Time to get to work on our gigantic dataset of Montgomery County political contributions!Here is the distribution by category of all contributions and loans received by 107 MoCo politicians since…
Follow the Money Some More, Part One
Last fall, we ran a series called “Follow the Money” in which we examined the sources of campaign contributions for MoCo politicians. As ambitious as that series was, it had…