If you’re wondering where this money comes from, a memo distributed by Opportunity DC that I got my hands on points the way: it shows how donating to their nonprofit can get around campaign finance laws (especially for city contractors).
Also lists their ‘26 budget for election spending as $1.7M
Hoo boy, here's some dark money for ya: business-backed Opportunity DC took in a total of $817k since March. Of that, $660k comes from its nonprofit arm, so its source is murky.
The rest comes from major developers/property owners/lobbyists: all being spent to back McDuffie.
Alex Koma
Alex Koma
Speaking of, American Future (funded by major sports betting companies) is sending a ton of these citywide mailers hyping Doni Crawford/Phil Mendelson: including this very AI one at center. But they haven’t filed any financial reports so no idea how much cash they’re dumping in…
