By Adam Pagnucco. Tensions are rising in this year’s U.S. Senate primary as four different public polls have shown Congressman David Trone ahead of Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. …
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Vogel Attacks Delaney
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By Adam Pagnucco. Shortly after April McClain Delaney announced her run for Congress in District 6, one of her Democratic rivals – Delegate Joe Vogel – attacked her on Twitter. …
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Jawando Keeps Going Negative to Raise Money
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the campaign of Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for U.S. Senate, sent out a fundraising text. This is what it said: ***** Will is…
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Jawando Goes Negative
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, Montgomery County Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for retiring U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s seat, ran a negative Facebook ad. This is the first negative…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As chronicled by both Seventh State and the Washington Post, this is the attack ad being run by a group of unions and Casa in Action against…
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Leventhal Trolls Trone
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member George Leventhal, who is running for County Executive, is running the ad below on Facebook. While ostensibly directed at President Donald Trump, it’s an obvious…
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Dana Dembrow was elected to a District 20 House seat in 1986 and spent many years fighting with the rest of his delegation, which included Senator Ida Ruben and Delegates…
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The Pinocchio Mailer, 1998
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The Seven Dwarfs are not the only Disney characters to appear in MoCo political mail. In 1998, Democratic District 15 House challenger David Dashefsky invoked Pinocchio in this mailer attacking…
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Gansler Guns for Dean, 1998
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Montgomery County State’s Attorney Robert Dean, appointed in 1996 to replace Andrew Sonner, had two problems in his election campaign. First, he was embroiled in an embarrassing sex scandal with…
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Elrich Blasts Berlage, 1998
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Council Member Marc Elrich finished first in this year’s at-large primary, but he had to travel a long, hard road to get there. Elrich ran for the District 5 council…