had more than 70 maximum contributions. They include: $12,000 from the comedian Dave Chappelle and his wife Elaine; $12,000 from music executive Kevin Liles and his wife Erika; $12,000 from billionaire George Soros and his son, Gregory; $6,000 from Ben & Jerrys ice cream co-founder Ben Cohen; and $6,000 from Google vice president Bradley Horowitz. He and his running mate Susan Turnbull have more than $640,000 on hand. . .
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamentez who with $2 million on hand is the best-financed Democrat in the field had more than 25 maximum contributions. More than 92 percent of his contributions were from Maryland, the highest total in the field, and he has a lot of support from Baltimore-area developers. His maximum contributions come from developers Howard Brown, Mark Sapperstein and Edward St. John and $12,000 from family members of Orioles majority owner Peter Angelos.
Prince Georges County Executive Rushern Baker has more than 25 maximum contributions and was favored by business executives in the Washington area. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller gave him $6,000, while multi-millionaire Potomac businessman David Trone and his family chipped in $27,000. He has nearly $700,000 on hand.>