Maryland Democrat Aruna Miller Katragadda, who is running for Congress
from the state’s open 6th district, won a straw poll held after the “Our
Revolution” candidate forum on Saturday.
“After a vigorous 3-hour debate involving six candidates,
Delegate Miller won the post-debate straw poll,” the campaign said in a press
release on Tuesday.
Miller, a Maryland statehouse delegate, thanked the party
faithful who attended the forum. “It’s exciting to see so many people come out
on a Saturday afternoon to hear from candidates running in a Congressional
primary,” she said. “It’s even more exciting to see that our message is
resonating with these engaged voters.”
The campaign also announced reaching the $1 million
donations.
It said the $1 million mark was reached as of February 28,
2018.
In its last quarterly report to the Federal Election
Commission, the campaign reported receiving $860,158 through the end of 2017.
The Miller campaign said more than 97 percent of the
contributions have come from individuals and it it has “far outpaced her rivals
in both the number of contributions (1,723) and individual donors (1,402).”
“By comparison, in 2017, the other six Democrats in the CD6
race as a group only had raised approximately $600,000 in donations from 500
individual supporters and political action committees,” the campaign said.
“Our campaign is continuing to gain momentum and strong
support,” Miller said. “While the million-dollar milestone is notable, l am
most excited about taking my issue-oriented message directly to the voters when
the Maryland legislative session ends next month.”
The campaign also cited a series of high-profile endorsement
it received. Among the Democrats who endorsed Miller are Montgomery County
Executive lke Leggett, former Maryland Democratic Party Chair Terry Lierman and
Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch.
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