By Adam Pagnucco. Today we look at fundraising by the Council District candidates. As with our prior posts on the County Executive and Council At-Large races, we start with a…
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Self-Financing by MoCo Candidates
By Adam Pagnucco. Businessman David Blair is being criticized for contributing $1.9 million to his campaign for County Executive. Council Member Marc Elrich, who is also running for Executive, told…
Council At-Large Fundraising History
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, we wrote about fundraising in the Council At-Large race. Today we put that in perspective. How do today’s campaigns compare to the campaigns of the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Today, we look at the Council At-Large candidates. As with yesterday, we start with a note on methodology. First, we calculate total raised and total spent across…
By Adam Pagnucco. The May campaign finance reports are in and we will start breaking them down with the County Executive race. A note on methodology. First, we calculate total…
By Adam Pagnucco. Board of Education member Jill Ortman-Fouse, who is running for Council At-Large, has filed for matching funds from the county’s public financing system. Ortman-Fouse took 49 days…
Public Financing Geography, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. We conclude with the remaining five Council At-Large candidates who have qualified for matching funds in public financing. Chris Wilhelm Wilhelm, an MCPS teacher, is becoming a…
Public Financing Geography, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s start looking at the Council At-Large candidates who have qualified for public matching funds. Hans Riemer Riemer, who is finishing his second term, is the only…
Public Financing Geography, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s time to start looking at the geography of in-county contributions for the thirteen candidates who have so far qualified for public matching funds: County Executive candidates…
Public Financing Geography, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. As we stated in Part One, we have examined nearly 9,000 records of contributions to thirteen countywide candidates in the public financing system who have qualified for…