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 Contributors (Excludes Self and Family)…
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Follow the Money, Part Four
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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, Delegate/County Council Challenger: $220,4502. Mike…
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Follow the Money, Part Three
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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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Following is the press release.Montgomery County Council to Host White Flint / Kensington / Garrett Park/ North Bethesda Areas Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 Residents Invited to Express…
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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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Hard Hats and Small Politics in Rockville
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What does the mock hard hat below have to do with the current relationship between Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and the County Council? Quite a bit, actually. At last…
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If the County Council operates by long-standing precedent, Vice-President Roger Berliner will be elected President in December. But one Council Member may be willing to challenge that precedent and make…
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Roger Berliner, the current County Council Vice-President, may be on the verge of becoming President. Why is he in line for the job?The planned line of succession dates back to…
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Every year in the beginning of December, a solemn ritual takes place at the Montgomery County Council. The council hails the departing President for all of the work accomplished in…