By Adam Pagnucco. Last October, we summarized fundraising in Congressional District 8 through the third quarter of 2015. Today, we present updated numbers incorporating campaign finance reports through April 6, 2016,…
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Broadcast TV Spending in CD8
By Adam Pagnucco. Unlike most state and local races below the level of Governor, the contest in Congressional District 8 has seen a lot of television ads. These ads are…
Pagnucco on Trone
By Adam Pagnucco. The shadow of Total Wine co-owner David Trone has loomed large over CD8 since the day he got in the race. Rivals fear his apparently limitless self-funding. …
David Trone’s Historic Spending
By Adam Pagnucco. CD8 residents are in the midst of an historic election, not merely because the congressional seat is opening up for the first time in fourteen years. What…
Three Strategies for Winning CD8
By Adam Pagnucco. With roughly ten weeks until early voting begins in the 2016 primary, candidates for Congress in District 8 are entering the home stretch. Three candidates are leading…
All Politics is Local . . . Right?
By Adam Pagnucco. “All politics is local” according to the famous quote by former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill. Moreover, any occasional viewer of Hardball, the MSNBC politics show featuring…
Fundraising in Congressional District 8
By Adam Pagnucco. Money talks and people are talking about money. That’s the vibe in CD8, which could turn out to be the most expensive congressional race in Maryland history….