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Campaigns in Maryland: Does it Still Cost a lot to Win?
Common Cause Maryland has analyzed legislative candidates’ fundraising totals from the 2018 election cycle. This report is a sequel to our report “Campaigns in Maryland: An Analysis of Fundraising by Winning State Legislators, 2011-2014.”
Fair Elections in Montgomery County
Montgomery County's matching program for small contributions delivers promising results. Our report analyzed fundraising data released after the first 2018 county election candidate reporting deadline.
Lobbying the Maryland Legislature
Lobbying expenditures grew by a staggering 40% among the top 10 paying employers. Report analyzing the lobbying activity during Maryland’s 2017 legislative session
Running for Baltimore
Donors appear to play by their own rules, either exploiting loopholes in Maryland’s campaign finance law — or violating it altogether. Research analyzes what candidates spent, where funds came from in 2016 Elections
Campaigns in Maryland: What Does It Take to Win?
Fundraising expectations for candidates are rising across the state of Maryland. Report analyzed legislative candidates’ fundraising totals from the 2014 election cycle
Pay to Play: Bail Bond Industry (2017)
Maryland ranks third among the states for campaign donations by the bail bond industry. Research found high rates of campaign contributions from the bail bond industry to influential Maryland officials.
The Power of Special Interests
Campaign Finance and Electricity Deregulation in Maryland
The Six Million Dollar Loophole
How Money Moves in Maryland Campaigns Through Limited Liability Companies
Report
Payout: a Study of Gambling Contributions
This Common Cause Maryland Report reads, in part, “As the Maryland General Assembly debates legalizing slot machines for the third year in a row, new data released by the State Board of Elections shows that businesses, political action committees, and individuals who promote organized gambling in Maryland gave a total of $166,525 to candidates and political committees in the state from 1/13/04 to 1/12/05. Of this total, $118,545 was given by corporations and PACs, and $47,980 by individuals.
The Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Power Companies and the Automobile Industry, 1999-2004
The Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Power Companies and the Automobile Industry, 1999-2004