Thursday • October 31, 2024
Good or Bad for Howard County? A Glimpse at How Non-Residents and Partisan Political Entities are Dominating the Election Campaign Contributions for HCPSS Board of Education Candidates Chamblee and Mallo
By Steven Keller
Board of Education candidates Jen Mallo and Andrea Chamblee have brought in a record-breaking total of over $121,000 in election campaign contributions so far this cycle. Almost 80% of these contributions (over $93,513) have come from individuals/businesses residing outside Howard County (36%), partisan elected official and political party/club transfers (24%) and self-funding (17%).
Only 13% of Mallo and Chamblee’s total received contributions (less than $17,000) have come from the Howard County District that they are running to represent (District 4 for Mallo, District 5 for Chamblee).
Is this healthy for HCPSS Board of Education elections, especially the District-specific ones?
Original spreadsheets of this data collected from the Maryland Campaign Information Reporting System can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ijnGYh5yVk3Cov1_V2uBymXaW9mTxAWd?usp=sharing
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