It is that time again…a chance to review the campaign finance reports (Pre-Primary 2 Reports) of candidates running for Howard County Board of Education. This is the final campaign finance report for the 2020 Primary. Here is a basic summary of money received, spent and cash on hand for each candidate in each district:
Overall this is a pretty light report…but there were a few notable items based on my quick review (things I am looking at as notable include: donations over $500, donations from elected officials in Howard County, PAC money, money from other political campaigns and other stuff I think is significant):
District 1:
Not notable items to report
District 2:
Antonia Watts:
- $50 - Sabina Taj
District 3:
No notable items to report
No report from Gian Alfeo
District 4:
Sezin Palmer:
- $3,000 from Chinese American Political Association PAC
Jen Mallo:
- $500 from Steven Porter
- $1,000 from Friends of Terri Hill
- $1,000 from Friends of Clarence Lam
- $100 from Turner, Frank S. Committee To Elect To The House of Del
Daniel Margolis: filed and ALCE and marked the report closing the campaign entity
District 5
Yun Lu
- $3,000 from Chinese American Political Association PAC
Update (5/25/20) - Report from Gene Ryan is now online and reflected in the charts.
Hopefully I got all of the notable items mentioned at the top of this article for each report. There were 15 reports to review in a short period of time. If you think I missed anything of note – let me know in the comments.
Here is a link to my Google Drive folder with all of the reports from May: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YS0IQyug4DQdbuQP9rfrMW5Al3tXeSQi?usp=sharing
Here is a look at the summary chart with information from the January reports, the April reports and the May reports:
(note - I know I left off Margolis on this report)
Here is the summary article from April 2020: https://scotteblog.com/2020/04/29/summary-and-notable-items-from-the-campaign-finance-reports-of-candidates-running-for-howard-county-board-of-education/
Here is the summary article from January 2020: https://scotteblog.com/2020/01/16/campaign-finance-reports-for-howard-county-board-of-education-candidates-and-elected-officials/
Be sure to learn more about the candidates on Scott E’s Blog HoCoBOE resource page: https://scotteblog.com/hocoboe-in-2020/
Lookup campaign fianance reports here: https://campaignfinance.maryland.gov/Public/ViewFiledReports?theme=vista
Scott E
