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1. 'Former NAACP president Ben Jealous, another Democratic challenger,
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 08:20 PM
Jan 2018

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 & Jerry’s 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 George’s 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.>

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