Jul. 12—Sheriff Chuck Jenkins leads the pack in fundraising in the Frederick County sheriff's race, despite running unopposed for the Republican nomination, campaign finance filings show.

Jenkins, a Republican, is running unopposed in the July 19 primary. Returning candidate Karl Bickel and newcomer Dan McDowell are competing for the Democratic nomination. The winner of the Democratic primary will face off against Jenkins in the general election Nov. 8.

Jenkins has received more than $26,700 in campaign contributions since Jan. 13.

Bickel raised a little over $17,000 since Jan. 20. McDowell's contributions stood over $19,500 since March 17, the earliest report filed for his campaign.

Of that $19,500, $10,000 came from South Mountain Collision and Auto Center. McDowell, who is running for the first time, said his campaign returned $4,000 after learning there is a $6,000 contribution limit.

McDowell missed the latest campaign finance report filing deadline by two days, filing July 10. In an interview, McDowell said his campaign treasurer was out of state recently, but McDowell had intended to file on time.

Most donations to Jenkins' campaign came in smaller contributions, from individuals. Jenkins' largest contribution, $5,000, came from Trout Management Company LLC of New Market.

Bickel's top donation came from U.S. Rep David Trone, D-District 6, at $6,000.

In the latest filing, which ran from June 8 to July 3, Jenkins was the top spender. Jenkins spent nearly $5,600, of which about $5,000 went to printing and campaign materials such as yard and magnetic signs. McDowell spent about $1,600 on printing brochures in that same period. Bickel's only expenditure during that period was about $38 on credit card service processing charges.

As of July 3, Jenkins had the most cash remaining, at about $28,200. Bickel had approximately $13,600, while McDowell was left with nearly $5,000.

Jenkins also led the way in spending and fundraising in prior months. He received about $23,000 between Jan. 13 and June 7 and spent approximately $14,000. In that period, he spent roughly $12,100 on printing and campaign materials.

Between Jan. 20 and June 7, Bickel received about $9,500, of which $5,000 was attributed to a loan in Bickel's name. He spent about $3,400 in that time, of which approximately $2,200 went to printing and campaign materials.

McDowell's earliest filing goes back to March 17. Between then and June 7, he received over $15,300 and spent about $13,000. He spent more than $2,600 on advertising and returned $4,000 to South Mountain Collision and Auto Center.

The next campaign finance reporting deadline is Aug. 30.

A former Trump White House official says the clearest impact can be seen in how the Republican Party’s powerful donor base views the former President.

Hawley tweeted a link to his campaign website, which is selling a white coffee mug with an illustration of a photograph of Hawley holding his fist up to protesters who later stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Crucially, the security official's testimony appears to confirm part of what Cassidy Hutchinson previously testified.

A group of retired four-star generals and admirals condemned Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, calling them a danger to American lives and democracy.

Donald Trump's former adviser was charged two counts of contempt of Congress for ignoring the House Jan. 6 select committee's subpoenas.

Three weeks before the most significant election of her political career, Liz Cheney was nowhere to be seen as thousands of voters gathered for a massive midsummer rodeo and cowboy festival in Wyoming’s largest city. Instead, the three-term Republican congresswoman was 1,600 miles away in Washington presiding over a U.S. House committee comprised largely of Democrats intent on exposing former President Donald Trump's attack on democracy during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. As the cowboy fest roared back home, Cheney railed against Trump's failures.

Trump also appeared to struggle with saying the word "yesterday," calling it "hard" for him to enunciate.

One of the candidates got three $1 million donations.

Jean-Pierre later clarified her response, saying "what's important now is that ... he's working from the residence on behalf of the American people."

Former President Trump on Thursday vented his anger with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) during the House select Jan. 6 committee’s hearing, slamming him as a “disloyal sleazebag” despite the recent victories McConnell helped secure for Trump’s legacy. Trump appeared to lose his temper after the Jan. 6 committee played a clip of McConnell’s…

A retired senior Secret Service agent said the intense scrutiny surrounding the deletion of text messages around January 6 may do more harm than good.

The House Republican Conference publicly attacked Sarah Matthews, former deputy press secretary in the Trump White House, for testifying before the Jan. 6 Committee – despite the fact that she is currently working as a communications director for the Republican staff on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. “Just another liar and pawn…

"I always condemn violence," former first lady Melania Trump told Fox News Digital in an interview published Thursday.

Gov. Larry Hogan discussed the winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary during an event Thursday evening. It comes as the counting process for the mail-in ballots across the state begins. As the counting process will take several days, it is already known Dan Cox will be the Republican candidate for governor this November, much to the dismay of Hogan, who endorsed his rival, Kelly Schulz.

Al Drago/Bloomberg via GettyThe revelation that Donald Trump was glued to Fox News for two hours while the Capitol was sacked on Jan. 6 did not shock the hosts of The New Abnormal.The news from Thursday night’s Jan. 6 committee hearing that really struck Molly Jong-Fast was that instead of trying to stop the violence, Trump wanted to call senators and pressure them to throw out the election results or delay the certification.And of course he talked to Rudy Giuliani.“Rudy’s always the first call

"Kamala putting her sneakers on."View Entire Post ›

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — Trump's daughter and son-in-law, and former advisors — have distanced themselves from Trump since he left office.

A new arrest warrant was issued Thursday for Colorado’s election-denying clerk, less than a week after the embattled official convinced a judge not to send her back to jail for improperly traveling out of state while awaiting trial on felony charges. The warrant was issued for Tina Peters’ arrest after authorities say she violated another term of her $25,000 bail — a prohibition on contacting workers at the Mesa County elections office, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported. Peters is under indictment in a break-in of the county's election system to search for evidence of former President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories.

Rep. Janel Brandtjen's push for decertifying Trump's 2020 loss brings a call from a fellow Republican to resign.

Republican views on Donald Trump have darkened somewhat over six weeks of televised congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Thursday showed. The two-day poll, finished hours before a scheduled eighth hearing of the congressional probe, showed that 40% percent of Republicans now believe Trump is at least partly to blame for the deadly riot, up from 33% in a poll conducted six weeks ago. Trump continues to have widespread support in the Republican Party and regularly hints he will run for president again in 2024.