By Adam Pagnucco. Political campaigns have all kinds of characters in them. There are the campaign managers, the best of whom are data nerds, bartenders, therapists and trouble shooters all…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council At-Large candidate Brandy Brooks, who is participating in MoCo’s public financing system, would like to help natural disaster victims. That’s a laudable goal. But she is…
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By Adam Pagnucco. This morning, we posted preliminary fundraising totals for candidates in public financing. But one of those reports was wrong because of a problem with the State Board…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Correction: The numbers for Hoan Dang in this post are inaccurate. For updated numbers on Dang and a response by Marc Elrich, please visit our updated post….
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Bill Conway to Qualify for Public Funding
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By Adam Pagnucco. Bill Conway, who is running for Council At-Large, has announced that he has raised enough small individual contributions in the county’s public financing system to qualify for…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Governor Larry Hogan is now sending out fundraising letters for his reelection campaign. Much of the language is consistent with what we have heard from the Governor…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we explored some reasons why a candidate may want to enter public financing. Today we will look at some factors that would argue for…
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By Adam Pagnucco. There are a number of factors that argue either for entering the county’s public financing system or staying out. Let’s list the things that might cause candidates…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Here’s a question that has come up over and over again with various candidates and potential candidates: should they take public campaign financing if running for county…
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Will Taxpayers Fund Ficker’s Next Campaign?
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By Adam Pagnucco. As MCM and Seventh State have reported, MoCo political heckler Robin Ficker is running for County Executive. That’s not shocking – Ficker has a long history of…