Drew Powell In MPW On The County Council Special Election

As >Rockville Central readers know, one of our very favorite blogs that covers Montgomery County politics is Maryland Politics Watch, which is always useful.

As many readers also know, there’s an important County Council election coming up for District 4, the seat formerly occupied by Don Praisner and, before him, Marilyn Praisner. MPW has been covering this race in detail (as have our good friends at Just Up The Pike).

In an article this morning, former Rockville mayoral candidate Drew Powell has a very complete review of the District 4 candidates’ finances. One of Drew’s chief issues in his analysis is how much “developer money” the candidates are receiving. People differ on how important that is and what actually constitutes a “developer,” but regardless of your stance on that question, the piece is useful overall to give you a sense of this important aspect of the race.

It costs money to run a campaign. It’s hard for me to see how a serious candidate can get out their message with little or no funds. Based on the State Board of Elections database, it appears that there are only three candidates on which to perform campaign finance analysis. Those are (in alphabetical order) Kramer, Lamari and Navarro. From the standpoint of campaign funding, each candidate falls into very different categories. . . .

I urge people to read the rest. I am neither endorsing nor criticizing Drew’s conclusions, I am just pointing out that he makes a useful analysis.

Thanks, Drew, for a helpful addition.

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