At a forum in Leisure World last week, District 19 Delegate candidate Sam Arora vowed not to take contributions from Maryland PACs or Maryland-registered lobbyists. But if Arora thought this…
campaign finance
By Marc Korman. In Part One, I reviewed District 14 Delegate candidate Eric Luedtke’s thesis about the need for campaign finance reform in Maryland and one idea for reform. Today…
By Marc Korman. Recently District 14 Delegate candidate Eric Luedtke wrote about the need for campaign finance reform in Maryland. If the polls are to be believed, people from across…
It’s Time to Save Democracy in Maryland
By Eric Luedtke. When I made the decision to run for office, I spent the first few weeks of the campaign meeting with community advocates and progressive organizations seeking their…
Public Financing for Fair Representation
By Andrew Gall. My number one policy priority is to limit the undue influence of moneyed interests in the legislative process through public financing of elections. Of course there are…
Ali vs. King on the LLC Loophole
In their Political Pulse debate, Senator Nancy King (D-39) and challenger Delegate Saqib Ali discuss the LLC loophole on campaign finance. This requires some background.The LLC loophole allows corporate entities…
Duchy Reverses Position on Union Support
Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg has notified Montgomery County’s public employee unions that she will not be asking for their endorsements in this year’s elections, saying that would be “a conflict…
Back in November, we reported that Delegate Herman Taylor was distributing these cards proclaiming his run for Congress. And yet, Federal Election Commission records show that Taylor has not reported…
The District 18 Democratic Team – Senator Rich Madaleno and Delegates Ana Sol Gutierrez, Jeff Waldstreicher and Al Carr – are holding a joint fundraiser later this month. They have…