{"id":9350,"date":"2018-02-01T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9350"},"modified":"2018-02-02T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:55:41","slug":"campaign-finance-reports-districts-18-and-19-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9350","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Finance Reports: Districts 18 and 19, January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n

District 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher has posted a strong financial performance in his run to succeed Senator Rich Madaleno.\u00a0 He has raised more money over the cycle and has more cash on hand than any other state legislator in the county.\u00a0 But Dana Beyer has spent nearly a half million dollars of her own money<\/a> in her three prior races and could spend a whole lot more.\u00a0 Beyer told Bethesda Magazine<\/a> \u201cshe does not plan to self-finance this year\u2019s Senate bid\u201d but still gave her campaign $109,100.\u00a0 While Waldstreicher\u2019s cash on hand advantage is substantial, Beyer could erase it with one check.<\/p>\n

The recent endorsement by SEIU Local 500 of Beyer<\/a> may have a big impact on this race.\u00a0 Prior to that, Waldstreicher could make the case to other progressive endorsing organizations that as a three-term incumbent running against someone who was for 0-3 in elections (two running against him) that he would have a big edge and was the safe pick.\u00a0 But SEIU is a huge player and brings credibility to Beyer\u2019s run.\u00a0 Now the endorsing groups may be more likely to evaluate the two against each other on a level playing field and see Beyer as a true alternative.\u00a0 Our prediction is that this will not be the last significant endorsement that Beyer receives.<\/p>\n

The Delegate race is just as interesting.\u00a0 Incumbent Al Carr had the most raised over the cycle but also has a huge burn rate (81%).\u00a0 He trails Mila Johns and Jared Solomon in cash on hand.\u00a0 Johns leads in cash position (boosted by her $100,000 loan to her campaign) while Solomon led the non-incumbents in fundraising from others ($42,011).\u00a0 Emily Shetty has been a prominent local player since her fourth place finish last time, joining the county\u2019s Democratic Central Committee and doing work with Action Committee for Transit and her former civic association.\u00a0 But she doesn\u2019t want to trail in money behind Carr, Johns and Solomon to the extent she is now.\u00a0 Town of Chevy Chase Council Member Joel Rubin\u2019s cash balance is deceptively low since he began campaigning in November and raised $269,845 in his 2016 run for Congress.\u00a0 Leslie Milano created her campaign account too late to file a January report but says she plans to raise $150,000.\u00a0 Helga Luest was also a late starter.\u00a0 Normally, the only incumbent in a race like this \u2013 in this case, it\u2019s Carr \u2013 would be favored for reelection.\u00a0 But the challengers are a pack of hungry wolves and Carr is going to have to work to keep his seat.<\/p>\n

The Big Question: will there be competing slates in this district?\u00a0 Both Beyer and Waldstreicher have money, which is much needed by all the House candidates.\u00a0 Our prediction is that any move to set up a slate by either Beyer or Waldstreicher will provoke the other side to unify too.\u00a0 Competing slates aligned with contested Senate races were common in District 18 decades ago and another one could really scramble this election.<\/p>\n

The Other Big Question: will Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez stay in the Council District 1 race, where she has not qualified for public matching funds and ranks a distant fifth in cash on hand<\/a>, or will she return to the District 18 House race?<\/p>\n

District 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With the departure of Senator Roger Manno, who is running for Congress in District 6, Delegate Ben Kramer will become the next Senator and the dominant politician in the district.\u00a0 Kramer, who was first elected to the House in 2006, is known for his work on senior issues and public safety, and has been a true hero in his efforts to crack down on drunk driving<\/a>.\u00a0 He has an absolute lockdown on Leisure World and Kemp Mill, two vital power centers in the district.\u00a0 Kramer is not universally beloved, but he is well respected and no other politicians will mess with him.\u00a0 In politics, that is enough!<\/p>\n

The two incumbent Delegates, Bonnie Cullison and Marice Morales, will sweep virtually all the progressive endorsements and be reelected.\u00a0 As for the seat being vacated by Kramer, the simple view is that former Raskin campaign aide Vaughn Stewart, who totally smoked the field (including the incumbents) in fundraising, will win it.\u00a0 But the race may not be that simple.\u00a0 MCDCC Member and labor attorney Marlin Jenkins did reasonably well in fundraising and should get a lot of labor support.\u00a0 And attorney Charlotte Crutchfield, who barely lost to Morales for the open House seat in 2014, is running again.<\/p>\n

Crutchfield is not a strong fundraiser, having collected just $11,960 from others last time while self-financing $44,149.\u00a0 But she has a long history in the district and Kramer formed a slate with her in 2014.\u00a0 Manno endorsed Morales, his former legislative aide, and Morales won by 382 votes.\u00a0 Crutchfield filed an affidavit as her January report but her new campaign has just started.<\/p>\n

The Big Question: will Kramer team up with Crutchfield again?\u00a0 And if he does, will Cullison and Morales also join in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco. District 18 Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher has posted a strong financial performance in his run to succeed Senator Rich Madaleno.\u00a0 He has raised more money over the cycle and has more cash on hand than any other state legislator in the county.\u00a0 But Dana Beyer has spent nearly a half million dollars of … Continue reading Campaign Finance Reports: Districts 18 and 19, January 2018<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,45,4,80,264,57,242,56],"tags":[1545,1479,1456,1505,953,1588,1489,1579,543,2103,2125,1488,1698,2126,952,2127,2117,2128],"class_list":["post-9350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adam-pagnucco","category-al-carr","category-ben-kramer","category-bonnie-cullison","category-dana-beyer","category-district-18","category-district-19","category-jeff-waldstreicher","tag-adam-pagnucco","tag-al-carr","tag-ben-kramer","tag-bonnie-cullison","tag-charlotte-crutchfield","tag-dana-beyer","tag-district-18","tag-district-19","tag-emily-shetty","tag-helga-luest","tag-jared-solomon","tag-jeff-waldstreicher","tag-joel-rubin","tag-leslie-milano","tag-marice-morales","tag-marlin-jenkis","tag-mila-johns","tag-vaughn-stewart"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2qO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9350"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9379,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350\/revisions\/9379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}