Democratic Rep. David Trone spent more than $57 million of his own money on a Senate bid ahead of next week's primary, leading a trend in congressional campaigns.
  • @SanctusEnglish
    32•24 days ago

    Awh, did the system that was set up to filter out the poor end up hurting the rich?

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    3•24 days ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Trone continues to spend heavily — including on ads featuring prominent endorsers like state Attorney General Anthony Brown —as he looks to win the Democratic primary for retiring Sen. Ben Cardin’s seat, before what’s expected to be a costly November battle against former Republican Gov.

    I believe we should have reform in these campaigns,” Alsobrooks said during an April debate sponsored by WBFF-TV of Baltimore, criticizing Trone’s self-funding and saying her own fundraising was proof of her “broad and growing coalition.”

    During the debate, he listed off corporate PACs that have given money to Alsobrooks in the past and questioned whether those companies have America’s best interests in mind.

    Seven other Senate candidates whose campaigns are still active all cut themselves seven-figure checks last year: six Republicans (Maryland’s Robin Ficker, Utah’s Brad Wilson, Florida’s Keith Gross, Montana’s Tim Sheehy, Michigan’s Sandy Pensler and Pennsylvania’s Dave McCormick) and one Democrat, Florida’s Stanley Campbell.

    And that figure doesn’t take into account candidates who loan their campaign seven-figure sums the same year as their election, like Trone did during his multiple bids for the House.

    Leaning on personal wealth early in the process can be an important accelerant for a campaign, giving it the ability to ramp up things like staff, messaging and advertising quickly without having to wait to build out a fundraising infrastructure.

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