campaign finance
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Looking Into Congressman Jamie Raskin’s Big-Money Individual Donors Based in Montgomery County this Cycle
Read more: Looking Into Congressman Jamie Raskin’s Big-Money Individual Donors Based in Montgomery County this CycleCongressman Jamie Raskin (Democrat) lives in Takoma Park, MD and has now represented congressional district MD-08 (most of MoCo) for several years. The congressman graduated from Harvard Law and still holds a law professor title at his former (main) employer, American University in tony NW, Washington DC. The average household income in American U’s neighborhood? …
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Council Member Appears to Still be Accepting Donations for Failed Congressional Bid, One Month After Finishing in 6th Place in the Democratic Primary
Read more: Council Member Appears to Still be Accepting Donations for Failed Congressional Bid, One Month After Finishing in 6th Place in the Democratic PrimaryAbout one month after the Maryland primary vote for the 6th Congressional District, Councilmember (At Large, Democrat) Laurie-Anne Sayles appears to have still left her campaign website up and a donations / credit card capture form still active. By the logic of (some) nanny-state members of the Montgomery County Council and state delegation to Annapolis,…
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Which is a worse way to fund a campaign: self-financing or no-financing?
Read more: Which is a worse way to fund a campaign: self-financing or no-financing?Some political activists criticize David Trone and his recent Senate primary campaign because he attempted to buy his victory with his own money. That’s a fair complaint. Michael Bloomberg, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tom Steyer, Steve Forbes, and H. Ross Perot are also on the list of wealthy candidates financing their own sometimes successful but more often…
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County Exec Elrich Cuts Issue Advocacy Ad for Large “Non-Profit” Run by Huge Donor to the Maryland Democrat Machine
Read more: County Exec Elrich Cuts Issue Advocacy Ad for Large “Non-Profit” Run by Huge Donor to the Maryland Democrat MachineLocal “democracy” dying in darkness? Where is the correct attribution by CE Elrich to local Democrat mega-donor Mr. Vincent DeMarco? Browsing on YouTube.com, if the Google goblins are tracking you, you might be greeted by an advertisement that looks like a semi-official Marc Elrich / Montgomery County government proclamation or communication. In fact, it uses the…
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Networking at Conferences is Not a Critical Election Reform
Read more: Networking at Conferences is Not a Critical Election ReformIn State reform needed to make politics fairer, Council Member Evan Glass lauds the public campaign financing programs available in Maryland, and seeks to expand such programs to allow beneficiaries of the funding to purchase tickets to networking and community events. Such an amendment will further “level the playing field” for candidates running campaigns with…
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CM Mink’s Recent Political Donations Show a Clear History of Supporting Radical Anti-Israel Activists and Fringe Provocateur Types
Read more: CM Mink’s Recent Political Donations Show a Clear History of Supporting Radical Anti-Israel Activists and Fringe Provocateur TypesCouncilmember Kristin Mink (Democrat – District 5) issued a fairly milquetoast but balanced (for her) statement on the ongoing turmoil and hot war in the Middle East last week (via X.com): The statement reads okay, but was likely heavily scrutinized/edited by CM Mink and staff prior to public issuance. Remember, this is the same firebrand…
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Joe Vogel’s Campaign Scam
Read more: Joe Vogel’s Campaign ScamOnly 4 months after taking office as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 17, Joe Vogel announced his candidacy for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District. In the announcement, Joe is quoted as saying: The idea of waiting 15-20 years — waiting my turn as they say — while all these challenges continue…
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Kate Stewart’s Public Campaign Funding (and do we abbreviate Board of Elections “ATM?”)
Read more: Kate Stewart’s Public Campaign Funding (and do we abbreviate Board of Elections “ATM?”)In a previous post we explored the possibility that Council Member Kristin Mink’s campaign took almost $9,000 from the public election fund beyond what it was allowed. In this post we explore the possibility that CM Kate Stewart took about $7,500 in the same manner. Recall that MoCo contributes up to $125,000 of matching funds…
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A Look At Kristin Mink’s Campaign Finances: Part 2
Read more: A Look At Kristin Mink’s Campaign Finances: Part 2In this post we explore the possibility that Council Member Kristin Mink’s campaign took almost $9,000 from the public election fund beyond what it was allowed. Page 17 of the summary guide for public funding, published by both the state and county boards of elections, states that a district candidate cannot receive more than $125,000…
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A Look At Kristin Mink’s Campaign Finances: Part 1
Read more: A Look At Kristin Mink’s Campaign Finances: Part 1Based on downloads available from the state’s board of elections, we can get a good characterization of who financially supported Council Member Kristin Mink during her 2022 campaign, and who received monies from that campaign. Contributions The Mink campaign reported total contributions of $208,683. Who was the number one contributor to that campaign? You were.…