My biggest criticism of Pelura regarding money is that he failed to establish a Finance Committee, which he is required to do. Regardless, this statistical nonsense (no matter that I am sure it is true) does not lead to a solution for becoming the majority party in Maryland. BTW – by majority party I mean one that elects Republicans, not how many REGISTERED Republicans there are.

By your analysis, a county like Wicomico should be ruled exclusively by Dems because we are at a registration disadvantage. Yet, the county consistently votes GOP in most state and Federal races and has a nominal majority on its county council.

Let’s look at the combined record for 2007 & 2008.

First, how do the State Republicans compare with the Maryland Democrats?

State Republican Party

Number of registered Republicans 909,000

Total contribution amount is $864,875.72

Average per registered Republican 95 cents

Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland

Number of registered Democrat 1,942,000

Total contribution amount is $1,907,259.56

Average per registered Democrat: 98 cents

Can this be? Are the State Republican Party is raising the same amount, relative to registration, as the Democrats? 98 cents vs. 95 cents? Seems to be the case.

Next let’s look at how the Republican State Party is doing compared with the counties, starting with principal Pelura critic Chris Cavey’s Baltimore County:

Baltimore County Republican Central Committee -

Number of registered Republicans 127,000

Total contribution amount is $88,512.74

Average per registered Republican 70 cents

Let’s see how other Republican Central Committees do compared to Baltimore County:

Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee

Number of registered Republicans 117,000

Total contribution amount is $72,660.92

Average per registered Republican 61 cents

Carroll County Republican Central Committee

Number of registered Republicans 53,000

Total contribution amount is $56,582.47

Average per registered Republican $1.05

Charles County Central Committee

Number of registered Republican – 25,000

Total contribution amount is $21,222.10

Average per registered Republican 84 cents.

Frederick County Republican Central Committee

Number of registered Republicans 56,000

Total contribution amount is $35,324.00

Average per registered Republican 61 cents.

Harford County Republican Central Committee

Number of registered Republicans 61,000

Total contribution amount is $75,768.64

Average per registered Republican $1.22

Howard County Republican Central Committee

Number of registered Republican – 54,000

Total contribution amount is $108,377.17

Average per registered Republican: $2.00

Montgomery County Republican Central Committee

Number of Registered Republicans 123,000

Total contribution amount is $169,561.16

Average per registered Republican $1.37

Prince George’s County Republican Central Committee

Number of Registered Republicans 47,0000

Total contribution amount is $43,898.99

Average per registered Republican 91 cents

Draw you own conclusions.

Maryland State Board of Elections Database

http://www.mdelections.org/campaign-finance/party

Registration numbers:

http://www.elections.state.md.us/pdf/vrar/2009_06.pdf