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…
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Follow the Money Some More, Part One
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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…
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From the MPW Vault
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Dear readers: At the time of my retirement, I had several pre-written MPW series in my cache and ready to go. In the small chance that any of you may…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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It’s Time to Save Democracy in Maryland
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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…
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Public Financing for Fair Representation
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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…
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Ali vs. King on the LLC Loophole
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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…
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Duchy Reverses Position on Union Support
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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…