Here are quick breakdowns of Districts 18, 19 and 20.District 18 Adam: Forget about Senator Rich Madaleno’s fundraising total. He is popular in his district, is the premier LGBT politician…
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Campaign Finance Shorts, Part Two
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Here are quick breakdowns of Districts 15, 16 and 17.District 15 Adam: Senator Rob Garagiola is playing on a statewide field now. He had the largest net gain ($76,913) of…
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Campaign Finance Shorts, Part One
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Starting today, Adam and Marc will briefly review the fundraising totals in Montgomery County and elsewhere. We’ll dig in more on selected races in the future.County Offices Adam: Roger Berliner…
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RNC Chairman and former Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele is likely out of Maryland state politics. But he continues to spend significant amounts of money out of his state campaign fund….
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Follow the Money, Part Six (Updated)
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So you think that Maryland political candidates have to disclose all their donors? Well, they don’t. They can legally conceal their identities by reporting “lump sums.”The State Board of Elections’…
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Follow the Money, Part Five
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Who is financed by Maryland residents and who is backed by out-of-state money? We know the answers and now so do you.Total Receipts from Maryland Contributors (Excludes Self and Family)…
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Follow the Money, Part Four
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It’s time to look at self-financing. Which MoCo candidates depend on themselves the most? Let’s find out.Total Receipts from Self (Includes Loans) 1. Ben Kramer, Delegate/County Council Challenger: $220,4502. Mike…
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Follow the Money, Part Three
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In our ten-year dataset of MoCo political contributions, business entities and PACs accounted for 27.1% of all receipts and labor PACs and political clubs accounted for 4.9%. Here are the…
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Follow the Money, Part Two
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Let’s start crunching our colossal dataset of Montgomery County political contributions!Here is the distribution by category of all contributions and loans received by every MoCo county and state incumbent, along…
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Follow the Money, Part One
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Now it can be told. For months, we have been quietly gathering tens of thousands of records of political contributions to county and state candidates in Montgomery County. After countless…