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Tag: campaign finance

Money, Message, and Maryland: What Wes Moore’s Massive War Chest Really Says

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Gov. Wes Moore enters the 2026 election cycle with a campaign balance sheet most incumbents can...

Michael Phillips
January 23, 2026

Maryland’s Political Money Machine: Who’s Raising the Most Heading Into 2026—and Why It Matters

By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland heads toward the 2026 election cycle, new campaign finance filings offer a revealing...

Michael Phillips
January 22, 2026

Moore’s Money Machine Dominates 2026 Governor’s Race—And the GOP Gap Widens Further

By MDBayNews Staff The financial contours of Maryland’s 2026 gubernatorial race have become even clearer—and more...

Michael Phillips
January 22, 2026

Big Money, Old Politics? Atterbeary’s $600K Fundraising Raises Questions in Howard County Executive Race

By MDBayNews Staff A new report from The Baltimore Sun highlights the early financial dominance of Vanessa Atterbeary in...

Michael Phillips
January 22, 2026

Money, Momentum, and the Insider Question: What Baltimore County’s Executive Fundraising Reveals

By MDBayNews Staff The first major round of campaign finance reports in the open-seat race for Baltimore County Executive...

Michael Phillips
January 22, 2026

Delaney vs. Trone: Democratic Infighting Spills Into MD-06

As Maryland Democrats prepare for a crowded and expensive 2026 primary in the 6th Congressional District, a familiar fault...

Michael Phillips
January 16, 2026

Anthony Brown’s Activist Attorney Generalship: Maryland’s Top Lawyer or a Full-Time Political Combatant?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Marylanders elected Anthony Brown as attorney general in 2022, they didn’t just hire...

Michael Phillips
January 5, 2026

Maryland Campaign Finance Data Tells a One-Party Story

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s official campaign finance data doesn’t editorialize, spin, or argue. It...

Michael Phillips
December 20, 2025

FEC Filings Show Ed Hale Donated to Johnny O Despite Longtime GOP Claims

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor’s Note: This article was updated to include a response from Ed Hale. BBaltimore...

Michael Phillips
November 22, 2025

Sarah Elfreth’s Rising Profile Comes With Rising Questions

Sarah Elfreth, Maryland’s freshman Representative, has enjoyed a rapid rise in Democratic politics. But with that rise...

Michael Phillips
September 8, 2025

The Postcard From L.A.: How “Field Team 6” Turns Hollywood Money and a Super PAC Loophole Into Voter Registration Machinery

When a Virginia voter opened the mailbox to find a glossy postcard postmarked Los Angeles urging them—via a QR code—to...

Michael Phillips
September 6, 2025

Shadows on the Bench: Maryland’s Judicial Campaign Finance Transparency Problem

When Americans think about judicial integrity, they expect judges to be impartial arbiters of the law. But what happens...

Michael Phillips
August 25, 2025

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