U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-Potomac)—who has repeatedly vowed to spend “what it takes” to win Maryland’s open Senate seat—continues to put his money where his mouth is, according to reports filed late Monday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Trone—co-owner of Total Wine & More, a nationwide chain of alcohol beverage retail outlets—pumped another $18.5 million in personal funds into his campaign during the first three months of this year, bringing the total amount of money for which he has reached into his own pocket to underwrite his Senate bid to more than $41.7 million.
During the same period, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks—Trone’s leading rival for the Democratic nomination for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore)—brought in $2.12 million in outside contributions. A large component of this was slightly more $850,000 from several joint fundraising efforts in which the Alsobrooks campaign is involved, including several with incumbent Democratic senators who have endorsed her.
However, Alsobrooks’ campaign expenditures of approximately $2 million for the first quarter of the year were dwarfed by the nearly $18.1 million spent by the Trone campaign during the same period.
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