Who is financed by Maryland residents and who is backed by out-of-state money? Let’s pull back that curtain, shall we?Total Receipts from Maryland Contributors (Excludes…
Follow the Money
Follow the Money Some More, Part Four
Today, we look at self-financing. Which MoCo candidates give themselves the most money? Let’s find out.Total Receipts from Self (Includes Loans) 1. Mike Lenett, Senator…
Follow the Money Some More, Part Three
In our ten-plus-year dataset of MoCo political contributions, business entities and PACs accounted for 25.9% of all receipts and labor PACs and political clubs accounted…
Follow the Money Some More, Part Two
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…
Follow the Money Some More, Part One
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…
From the MPW Vault
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…
Follow the Money, Part Six (Updated)
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…
Follow the Money, Part Five
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…
Follow the Money, Part Four
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,…
Follow the Money, Part Three
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…