By Adam Pagnucco. Part One discussed the origins of public financing in Montgomery County and Part Two laid out how it has been used in the last two cycles. Let’s…
public campaign financing
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One laid out the history and basic characteristics of Montgomery County’s public campaign financing system, which was designed by former Council Member Phil Andrews. Now let’s…
On Public Financing, Part One: Introduction
By Adam Pagnucco. Public financing of county elections is a growing trend in Maryland. Montgomery County was the first to adopt such a system in 2014 and has used it…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council at-large candidate Scott Goldberg, who is using public campaign financing, has claimed to qualify for public matching funds. Let’s explain how this works. Candidates in the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for county executive, now claims that he has enough contributions from in-county residents to qualify for public matching funds in…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council at-large candidate Jeremiah Pope has claimed that he has qualified for public matching funds. If he’s right, it’s a mark of strength for his campaign. Let’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Evan Glass, who is running for county executive, has announced that he has qualified for matching funds in the county’s public financing system. It’s an…
Landmarks of MoCo: Very Important Events
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I summarized how I asked my sources to help me construct a list of important events in county history since the 1960s. Part Two…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part Four illustrated the significant flows of political contributions from downcounty to candidates in public financing. Today, we shall see which communities lagged behind. Gaithersburg Gaithersburg combines…
By Adam Pagnucco. There were huge differences in public financing participation by geography in 2018. In some areas, residents donated significant amounts of money to publicly-financed candidates which were enhanced…