By Adam Pagnucco. As MoCo faces a crippling financial shortfall projected at $190 million this year and a billion dollars over the next six years, the county council will be…
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Will Jawando, A Man with Options
By Adam Pagnucco. Several astute readers noticed something interesting about last week’s post on Council Member Will Jawando’s fundraising email – it led to a website allowing contributions up to…
By Adam Pagnucco. This week, MoCo’s school board candidates reported their campaign finances through August 18. The results for the cycle are below. Here’s a three-word summary: they’re all broke….
By Adam Pagnucco. This past primary saw the first use of public campaign financing in local elections in Maryland. Many people both inside and outside Montgomery County have been watching…
By Adam Pagnucco. Update: Council District 5 candidate Kevin Harris has also filed for matching funds on May 15, claiming $12,400 in qualifying contributions from 176 in-county residents. Original Post:…
These Public Financing Candidates Are Done
By Adam Pagnucco. Update: Even though the deadline is May 12, the State Board of Elections said on March 30 that they will allow a candidate to file for matching…
By Adam Pagnucco. Board of Education member Jill Ortman-Fouse, who is running for Council At-Large, has filed for matching funds from the county’s public financing system. Ortman-Fouse took 49 days…
Public Financing Geography, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s start looking at the Council At-Large candidates who have qualified for public matching funds. Hans Riemer Riemer, who is finishing his second term, is the only…
Public Financing Geography, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. As we stated in Part One, we have examined nearly 9,000 records of contributions to thirteen countywide candidates in the public financing system who have qualified for…
Public Financing Geography, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. This year’s election cycle is the first one in which public financing is being used in MoCo’s county-level races. That is one of many reasons why this…