A Democrat Senate candidate in Maryland, who has claimed she is” no beholden” to business interests or activists, has officially received a flood of donations from activists and other corporate leaders.
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks ( D) has received more than$ 260, 00 in donations from lobbyists for 2024, including those who represent fast food, pharmaceutical, aerospace, defense companies, big tech, finance, and telecommunications companies,  , according to an analysis of data from the U. S. Senate’s Office of Public Records conducted by Open Secrets.
Funds from activists were included in the Open Secrets analysis of the data from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records between January 1, 2024, and March 31, 2024.
Alsobrooks asserted in an April post on X that she was running to put electors first and was not “beholden to huge corporate passions.”
” I am no freely wealthy”, Alsobrooks wrote. ” I am not beholden to huge corporate interests like Big Oil, Big Pharma, or the Great Gun Lobby. I’m running for president in an effort to set you initially.
I am no independently wealthy.  ,
I am not beholden to big business interests like Big Oil, Big Pharma, or the Great Gun Lobby.  ,
I’m running for the Senate to place you first and reject large corporations.
— Angela Alsobrooks ( @Alsobrooks ForMD) April 27, 2024
Christopher Randle, a U.S. Policy Director at Meta and a lawyer for Meta, was one of the activists who were listed as having donated to Alsobrooks’s plan. Donation data showed that Randle had donated$ 7, 100 to Alsobrooks ‘ strategy.
Mike McKay, the CEO, Founder, and Managing Partner of Empire Consulting Group, was also among the record of lobbyists who had donated to the Alsobrooks plan. McKay had a list of customers consisting of American Airlines Group, Bank of America, Charter Communications, Fox Corp, Verizon Communications, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Data showed that McKay had donated$ 6, 600 to the Alsobrooks plan.
Jeff Forbes, a founding member of the Forbes Tate Partners, was one of the other lobbying on the list. Forbes ‘ users consisted of AstraZeneca PLC, the Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education and Regulation, Peloton Interactive, and RTX Corp, even formerly known as Raytheon. Data showed that Forbes had donated$ 5, 800 to the Alsobrooks strategy.
Nicole Venable, a lawyer with Invariant LLC was also among the listing of activists. Venable’s customers consisted of Apple Inc., McDonald’s Corp, Workday, Inc., and FedEx Corp. Data shows that Venable donated$ 5, 000 to the Alsobrooks plan.
Mary Beth Stanton, another lawyer with Invariant LLC was shown to have donated$ 3, 300 to the Alsobrooks strategy. Stanton’s users included H&, R Block, Home Depot, RTX Corp, and SpaceX.
On May 14, 2024, the Marilyn Praisner Community Recreation Center in Burtonsville, Maryland, Democratic candidate for the state Senate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks ( 2R ) poses for a photo with supporters outside a polling place. ( Andrew Harnik/Getty Images )
Another donors who had contributed to Alsobrooks ‘ battle were David Cohen of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Jameel Aalim- Johnson, the interact vice chairman of federal relations for Nasdaq, and Lacy Johnson of Taft Law Organization, among many others,  , according to Politico. According to the Taft Law Firm website, Johnson had previously served on the transition team for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Michael Williams, the founder, and president of the Williams Group, was also among the list of people who had donated to Alsobrooks ‘ campaign. Williams also” served as Special Assistant to the President and Staff Director for Legislative Affairs during the Clinton Administration,” according to the Williams Group website.
Alsobrooks, who is set to face off against former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ( R ) in November, received 294, 317 votes, or 52.8 percent of the vote, against her primary opponent on the Democrat side, Rep. David Trone ( D- MD). Trone, the co- founder of Total Wine &, More received 241, 203 votes, or 43.3 percent, despite having spent$ 62 million of his own money on his campaign.
On the Republican side, Hogan received 167, 744 votes, or 63.3 percent of the vote, while his opponent Robin Ficker received 76, 124 votes, or 28.7 percent of the vote.
