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Article: Running mates can be source of cash: Md. rules let 'team' collect twice the limit in donations.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2006
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Byline: John Fritze
Aug. 16--They bring a new face to the ticket, new ideas and, possibly, new electoral support from their home turf. But in Maryland, gubernatorial running mates can also bring thousands of dollars in extra campaign cash to the race. Under a little-known quirk in state election law, candidates for governor are considered separate from their running mates when it comes to raising money, even though the two run as a team. Donors may give up to $4,000 each to a would-be governor and his or her political partner, in effect doubling the contribution cap imposed on candidates for other state and local offices. Like troops waiting in ...