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January 28, 2009

How does Sheila Dixon's fundraising stack up?

Annie Linskey reports this morning that Mayor Dixon raised $195,254 for her campaign last year, which isn't much, especially considering $15,000 of that was in a loan from her sister that she paid back and more than $11,000 was a tax refund from the IRS. As mayor, she should be raking in the bucks from developers and everyone else who wants to do business in the city, but so far, she's not. She has $166,000 in cash on hand, which doesn't even give her the top spot among city officials. To put that in a little bit of context:

  • Anne Arundel Executive John Leopold raised $504,000 at a comparable point in his term and had more than $518,000 on hand.
  • Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith raised $507,000 at the same point in his first term (and remember, that was five years ago).
  • Howard County Executive Ken Ulman raised $272,000 in his first full year in office.
  • Martin O'Malley had a comparable amount to Dixon at the end of his first full  year in office, but over the next 11 months, he raised $860,000.
  • Right now, one city councilman and three Baltimore County councilmen have more money than she does.
  • State Sen. Cathy Pugh -- a former city councilwoman and one-time Dixon opponent -- has more than $100,000 in the bank.
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Laura Smitherman has been ensconced in the State House basement, writing about the governor, General Assembly and vagaries of Maryland politics for several years. An erstwhile business reporter, her interest in politics dates to her days in Washington when she covered Congress and national campaigns for another media outlet. She now follows a range of policy debates from slot-machine gambling to universal health care and energy regulation, while keeping an eye on the next election.

Paul West covers Washington for The Baltimore Sun, continuing a tradition that began the month the paper was born, in 1837. He hasn't been in the DC bureau that long--only since Ronald Reagan was president. He's covered Congress, the White House and presidential campaigns as the paper's national political correspondent and Washington bureau chief. He's on the lookout for news of significance to Sun readers at the other end of the B/W Parkway. That includes the activities of the state's congressional delegation and anything else that might shed some light on the inner workings of the nation's capital.

Julie Bykowicz's first days as a political reporter, in January 2009, coincided with Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's indictment and the start of the Maryland General Assembly's 426th legislative session. She focuses on coverage of state agencies, such as social services, juvenile justice and prisons. During the session, she wrote about the death penalty, slots parlors and speed cameras, among other hot topics. Julie began political reporting after more than seven years on The Baltimore Sun's crime desk. She lives in Baltimore and works primarily in Annapolis.

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