You may be familiar with "The Six Million Dollar Man."
You may also be familiar with "The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase."
Howard F---ing County is home to "The 1.3 Million Dollar Man", County Executive Ken Ulman. That figure refers to how much money Ken has in the bank as he prepares to run for Gov....errrrrrrrr, statewide office..... in 2014.
$1.3M ain't chicken feed compared to others in the field, as discussed in this blog post. Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown has about $800K while Comptroller Peter Franchot has $1M. But, $1.3M aint's chicken feed, but chicken you-know-what compared to the $4.1M Attorney General Doug Gansler has in the bank. Dang.
Maryland hasn't seen a mildly closely-contested Democratic primary for Governor since 1994, and even so, that one didn't really wind up being very close. So in Maryland Democratic politics, you have to go back to 1978 to see a really close primary.
So my guess is that at some point come the spring of 2014, one of these candidates is going to start to outpace the others. Some of the current gubernatorial candidates may "drop down" to run for Comptroller or Attorney General. (Worth noting, BTW, that Ken Ulman is an attorney.)
Stunning that this early in the cycle, this much money is flowing into these campaigns. But we've only just begun! This could easily wind up being a campaign where the primary winner raises in excess of $20M.
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