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…
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Powell Takes on Hoffmann’s Contributions
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Former Neighborspac leader and one-time Rockville Mayor candidate Drew Powell has released an analysis of incumbent Mayor Susan Hoffmann’s campaign contributions. Powell is concerned with development-related contributions and we have…
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Shifting Funds
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By Marc Korman. Last week I wrote about campaign finance reports for Maryland House of Representatives candidates. I received some questions about the ability of a state candidate to transfer…
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House Campaign Finance Reports (Updated)
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By Marc Korman. Campaign finance reports for the US House of Representatives have been released for the third quarter, covering July 1st to September 30th. The reports for the 1st,…
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Fed Up in the Free State
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Progressive Maryland and Common Cause are using the results of a recent poll to press their case for campaign finance reform. They certainly have some useful ammunition as the poll…
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Was This a Legal Robocall?
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Delegate Luiz Simmons (D-17) sent out a robocall into his district on Monday without an authority line. Was that legal?On September 14, many residents of Rockville and Gaithersburg received this…
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State Board of Elections (SBE) Administrator Linda Lamone has earned a legion of enemies in her 12-year tenure at the agency. But she has one very powerful friend: Senate President…
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Maryland’s Administrator for Life, Part Two
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Perhaps the one thing for which Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE) Administrator Linda Lamone will always be remembered is her stauch support of Diebold voting machines, which the state…