Democratic nominee in Maryland’s First Congressional District, today announced the release of her first broadcast television ad of the campaign cycle, which will start airing in the Baltimore media market and on digital platforms this week.

Titled “Agree,” the ad conveys a positive message about Mizeur, introducing her to the many voters who are just starting to pay attention to the election in its final six weeks. It shows a conversation between two Eastern Shore natives: Jeff Powell, a developer and Republican former Dorchester County commissioner; and Johnny Shockley, a third-generation waterman from Hoopers Island.

“Heather’s the real deal,” Jeff Powell says in the ad, noting that although he almost always votes Republican, it was Mizeur, not Rep. Andy Harris, who helped him with a major waterfront development project in Cambridge. “Heather got things moving. She’s not even in office yet!”

Johnny Shockley says in the ad: “Raised in a small town in a farming family, [Heather] gets communities like ours. Heather doesn’t care about parties, she cares about the people – and about getting things done.

State Sen. Adelaide Eckardt’s long political career is coming to an apparent end.

Eckardt, a political fixture on the Eastern Shore and in Annapolis for decades, lost a runoff to become mayor of Cambridge on Tuesday — two months after losing her reelection bid in the Republican primary.

Eckardt was defeated by former Cambridge Commissioner Stephen Rideout. According to unofficial results posted on the city government’s Facebook page, Rideout received 681 votes, for 55%, to 557 votes (45%) for Eckardt.

Rideout, a former juvenile court judge in Virginia who has been active with several civic groups in Cambridge, will fill the remainder of the term of former Mayor Andrew Bradshaw, who resigned in scandal earlier this year.

Bradshaw quit after being charged by the state prosecutor’s office of 50 counts of distributing revenge porn on a social media website. He was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and fined $5,000 after pleading guilty in April to five counts of distributing revenge porn. He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay $750 to the woman he posted nude photos of online without her knowledge or consent.

Rideout will serve through the end of Bradshaw’s term, which runs to the end of 2024.

Eckardt finished second in the original six-way mayoral balloting on Aug. 23, with 30.32% of the vote, while Rideout took 35.21%. The runoff was necessitated by the fact that no candidate topped 50% of the vote.

Eckardt, 78, a 28-year veteran of the General Assembly, had hoped for one last political triumph in the wake of her own, self-described “miserable” performance in the Republican Senate primary against Del. Johnny Mautz (R), who is favored to win her seat in November.

By Josh Kurtz

Seemingly undaunted by a new public opinion poll, Republican state Del. Dan Cox said his gubernatorial bid is “within striking distance” of his main rival, Democrat Wes Moore.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Frederick County lawmaker appeared to shrug off suggestions that — 50 days before the election — he is in danger of being routed at the polls.

Cox’s comments followed the release of a Goucher College survey that showed Moore to be the choice of 53% of Maryland voters. Cox attracted support from 31% of the electorate, while other candidates were in the low single digits, including Libertarian David Lashar (4%) and Green Party candidate Nancy Wallace (2%). Nine percent of voters said they were undecided.

Despite the lopsided numbers, Cox called the survey “an opportunity for all of Maryland to dig in and say ‘It’s time to go, we’re rolling.’” He sought to diminish Moore’s win in the Democratic primary, calling it “a very narrow part of the electorate,” despite Democrats’ more than two-to-one registration advantage over Republicans in Maryland.

“This is a very — within striking distance race,” Cox added. “We’re excited.”

Perhaps more troubling for Cox than Moore’s huge lead is the impression voters have formed of the candidates.

Moore is viewed favorably by 53% of voters and unfavorably by 33%. Cox was viewed favorably by just 30% of those surveyed, while 53% had an unfavorable impression.

In addition, 36% said Moore is “progressive or liberal” and 22% peg him as a moderate. Just 13% view him to be “far or extreme left.” Cox was judged to be “far or extreme right” by 35%, while 24% see him as “conservative” and just 12% as moderate.

Goucher College political science professor Mileah Kromer, who directs the school’s polling operation, said it’s no surprise that voters view the GOP candidate as they do, given his alliance with former President Trump, his decision to bus supporters to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, and Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s repeated description of him as a “QAnon whack job.”

“The Trump endorsement was a help for Cox in the primary, but it was always going to be a hinderance in the general election,” she said.

She noted that earlier this year, 84% of Democratic likely voters said they refused to even consider voting for a Trump-aligned candidate. For Cox, that makes the challenge of putting together a winning formula in Maryland particularly daunting.

“All the indicators have always pointed to this,” Kromer said of Moore’s huge lead. Nearly 70% of voters told pollsters they have settled on a candidate, suggesting that Cox has little room to maneuver.

Goucher surveyed 1,008 Maryland residents (including 748 who self-identified as likely to cast a ballot). The poll was conducted for the Baltimore Banner and WYPR and was in the field September 8-12, It had a margin of error of 3.1%.

Cox noted that in 2014, Larry Hogan once trailed then Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown by double digits, suggesting that he could close his gap in similar fashion.

In a statement, the Moore campaign said the new poll “makes clear that Dan Cox’s values are not Marylander’s values.”

“That’s why the stakes of this election are so high,” the statement added. “While it’s clear that Wes Moore has the momentum, we can’t take our foot off the gas for even a second. If Dan Cox wins, he’ll try to ban abortion, undermine our fair and free elections, and defund our public schools.”

While Cox has made other moves to moderate his image since winning the GOP primary, he didn’t do so Monday during a Q&A with reporters outside a public schools office in Baltimore. He appeared alongside Daren Muhammad, the uncle of the Wes Moore whose troubled story the gubernatorial candidate focused on in his bestselling “The Other Wes Moore.”

Noting that the back cover of early an edition of the book falsely stated that the two Wes Moores “were born blocks apart within a year of each other” (the candidate was born in Takoma Park), Cox again urged that schools remove “The Other Wes Moore” from library shelves. He also said it should be removed as recommended reading — or that he be given “equal time.”

“Exploiting our Maryland families that have gone through tragedy is not a path of success to lift us up and to unify us in Maryland,” Cox said. “It’s inappropriate to be presenting material that is really fictional campaign material as part of a curriculum.”

Muhammad, who introduced himself as “the uncle of the real Wes Moore,” called the candidate’s book “exploitation at the highest level,” and he urged an investigation into the school districts that have made the book required reading.

Brian Adam Jones, a spokesperson for the Moore campaign, labeled the criticism of the Democratic nominee “a desperate attempt by Dan Cox to distract from today’s poll results that show Dan Cox’[s] values are dangerously out of step with Maryland families by doing what Dan Cox does best – peddling baseless conspiracy theories.”

“We’re focused on connecting with voters around our vision of economic opportunity, working with communities and law enforcement to ensure public safety, and fighting to make sure that every child in Maryland has access to a world-class public education,” he added.

During Monday’s press conference, Cox declined to say whether he would accept the results of November’s election. He has filed an amicus brief against a Maryland Board of Elections bid to allow local elections officials to begin processing mail-in ballots prior to Election Day. A hearing in the case will be heard on Tuesday in Rockville. Cox reiterated his opposition to early processing, saying doing so is “inappropriate” and “creates mistrust.”

When a reporter asked about the transporting of Venezuelan refugees from Texas and Florida to Washington, D.C. and Massachusetts, Cox ended his press conference, saying he was running late to his next event.

By Bruce DePuyt. Maryland Matters reporter Will Ford contributed to this report.

Congressman Andy Harris is excited to announce that he will now participate in a second debate with the candidates for the First Congressional District in Cecil County on October 26th. This follows confirmation from the host, Cecil TV, that they would re-invite the Libertarian candidate after walking back confirmed plans to do so earlier in the week.

Congressman Harris issued the following statement:

“I am glad that Cecil TV reconsidered their position and are now inviting all candidates whose name appears on the November ballot to participate in their debate. That’s the way democracy should work. I have already agreed to the debate, now that all candidates are invited. This will be the first of two debates in this race – more than in any other Congressional race in Maryland.  One should ask: why are Maryland’s Democrat incumbents afraid to debate their Republican challengers? Is it that their positions to de-fund the police, to allow the free flow of fentanyl across an open southern border, to stop parents from having input into their children’s schools, and spending recklessly to increase our everyday cost of living are indefensible?”

Final details regarding the Cecil County debate will be released when available.

Over the last few months, the Spy has attempted to offer an alternative way to get to know candidates on the Mid-Shore in this election year.  About a month ago, the  Spy and the Avalon Foundation agreed to partner in providing the community with candidate profiles for those running for the Talbot County Council in the July 19th Democratic and Republican primary elections.

We did so in the belief that beyond the excellent work of the League of Women Voters, the Chamber of Commerce,  and other civic organizations in providing issue-based forums before election day, voters would be greatly assisted in assessing each candidate using a long-form interview format.

We have continued this with our profiles of the two remaining candidates running for Cambridge Mayor office. Interviewed by the Spy editor Dave Wheelan, these profiles center on three primary subjects; a candidate’s background, qualifications, and priorities if elected to office.

We think that our viewers will walk away much better informed on those critical themes, but will also recognize, as did the Spy, that the Cambridge community is all the more enriched by having such a unique collection of dedicated citizens among us. Cambridge is is very lucky indeed.

Addie Eckardt

Steve Rideout

Wes Moore is a very popular guy these days.

As the favorite to replace term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan (R), the Democratic nominee for governor is the object of fascination for an array of corporate, civic, philanthropic and political leaders – in Maryland, in the region, and across the country – and they are eager to get to know and curry favor with him. One way to accomplish this goal is to throw a fundraiser for Moore and his running mate, former state Del. Aruna Miller (D-Montgomery).

Moore already has been a prolific fundraiser. His campaign finance reports to date have totaled hundreds of pages each and his campaign has attracted thousands of donors, large and small, from Maryland and from out of state.

Now, as the heavy favorite over the GOP nominee, Del. Dan Cox (R-Frederick), Moore has a breakneck schedule of fundraising events planned. According to invitations viewed by Maryland Matters, Moore has no less than 26 fundraising events scheduled in Maryland or Washington, D.C., between Sept. 11 and Oct. 14, and he’s due to headline at least two fundraisers for other Maryland Democrats over the next five weeks as well.

The list of events reveals a lot about the circles Moore travels in and the powerbrokers who are trying to gain influence with his still-hypothetical administration. The event sponsors are an eyebrow-raising collection of corporate chieftains in critical Maryland industries, local and out-of-town “social entrepreneurs,” high-echelon philanthropists, government contractors, Maryland and D.C. lobbyists and political influencers, and powerful current and former elected officials.

Some event hosts may be looking for jobs – or looking to keep the ones they have now.

Here is the list – and remember, it may be incomplete and does not include any out-of-town events that may be taking place over the next month.

Sept. 11, 6-8 p.m.

Reception at the Pikesville home of Guy Filippelli and Raina Dieterle. He is the managing partner of Squadra Ventures, a venture capital firm, and an ex-Army Intelligence officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. She’s a photographer and digital planner and both do charitable work.

The event appears to be geared toward gold-plated Baltimore-area business leaders, particularly in the tech and finance sectors. Listed co-sponsors include:

• Jacob Hsu, CEO of Catalyte
• Sean Nolan, an Under Armour executive
• Frank Settleman, president, Chesapeake Contracting Group
• Marty Brunk, Baltimore market leader, RSM (a major accounting firm)
• Dan Flamholz, principal, Greenspring Realty Partners
• Kyle Gore, senior managing partner, CGA Capital Group
• Mary Miller, former T. Rowe Price executive and U.S. Treasury Department official who ran for mayor of Baltimore in 2020
• Christy Wyskiel, senior adviser to the Johns Hopkins University president for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Sept. 12, 8:45-10 a.m.

Reception in Northwest Washington, D.C., sponsored by J.R. Clark, an attorney with the public and infrastructure finance group of the law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs, and Darryl Wiggins, president and CEO of Document Managers and other business ventures. Prior to this fundraiser, Moore is scheduled to speak to the District 18 Democratic Breakfast Club at the Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring.

Sept. 12, 5-7 p.m.

Fundraiser in Baltimore hosted by Jon Laria, managing partner at Ballard Spahr, and Trudy Bartel, a retired attorney from the firm Kramon & Graham. The event seems geared to Baltimore-area powerbrokers, many with close connections to former Gov. Martin O’Malley (D). Co-hosts include:

• Meryam Bouadjemi, a documentary filmmaker and fellow with the Open Society Institute, and Fagan Harris, the president of Baltimore Corps
• Max Curran, the former governor’s brother-in-law who is an attorney with Venable LLP and a former member of the Maryland Public Service Commission
• Helene Grady, a vice president at Johns Hopkins University and Matthew Gallagher, a former O’Malley chief of staff who is president of the Goldseker Foundation in Baltimore
• Martin Knott, a Baltimore business leader and top Democratic fundraiser, with close ties to O’Malley
• Terry Lierman, business leader and political insider who was chair of the Maryland Democratic Party in 2006, the year O’Malley was elected
• Lainy LeBow-Sachs, top aide to the late Gov. William Donald Schaefer (D)
• Cassie Motz, executive director of the College Bound Foundation in Baltimore
• Damian O’Doherty, partner at KO Public Affairs in Baltimore, whose principals are all ex-O’Malley aides
• Aaron Merki, managing director of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation in Baltimore, and Paul Pineau, a vice president and general counsel at Johns Hopkins University
• Clair Segal, a fundraising consultant and philanthropist
• Jamie Snead and Steve Ziger, principals of Ziger/Snead Architects
• Mark Fetting, CEO of Legg Mason
• Matthew Wyman, Towson attorney.

Sept. 12, 7-9 p.m.

Reception and rally at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia hosted by Ken Ulman, the former Howard County executive who is president of Margrave Strategies, an economic development consulting firm, and Thomas Bundy, an Ellicott City lawyer. This event appears to be designed to attract Democrats from across the state.

Sept. 13, 5:30-7 p.m.

Fundraiser at the home of Baltimore City Councilmember Issac “Yitzy” Schleifer (D) and Del. Dalya Attar (D-Baltimore City), who represent heavily Jewish areas in the northwest corner of the city.

Also on the morning of Sept. 13, Moore is scheduled to headline a fundraiser for the District 21 legislative team, which represents portions of Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties: Sen. Jim Rosapepe and Dels. Ben Barnes, Mary Lehman and Joseline Peña-Melnyk.

Barnes and Peña-Melnyk will be especially vital to Moore’s success if he is elected governor, as he is the new chair of the House Appropriations Committee and she is the new chair of the Health and Government Operations Committee.

Rosapepe, vice chair of the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, could also be a useful player for Moore, not just in Annapolis, but because he has national and international political ties.

Sept. 14, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Upper Marlboro home of Thomas Graham, the president of Pepco, co-hosted by Debra Carter, the executive director of the Supplier Development and Diversity Division of the Prince George’s County government, and Gary Michael, an executive at NAI Michael Global development firm in Prince George’s.

Sept. 15, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Annapolis home of Damean Freas, CEO of Clearway Pain Solutions LLC and chair of the Maryland State Board of Physicians. Co-sponsor is Avi Dorfman, a New York-based health tech entrepreneur and real estate executive. Also listed as co-hosts: Seth Ard, a New York lawyer, and Bill Carmody, an attorney and jury expert.

Sept. 17, 5-7 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Gibson Island home of Christine and Greg Cross. He’s in the commercial mortgage and securities practice at Venable LLC.

Several co-hosts are listed, including: Sarah and Chris Brandt – she’s an attorney and he’s founder and CEO of Audacious Inquiry, a health care tech firm, and Pam Hoehn-Saric, a philanthropist and anti-gun violence activist.

Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Clarksville home of Anwer and Roomina Hasan. She’s a physician and he’s senior vice president of WSP USA Inc., a transportation planning and business consulting firm. He is a former chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, a former board member of the Maryland Aviation Administration, and currently serves on the Governor’s P-20 Council, which explores ways to train young Marylanders for the jobs of tomorrow.

Sept. 21, 8-9 a.m.

The Maryland Hospital Association and the MHA PAC are hosting a fundraiser for Moore at the MHA office in Elkridge. Representatives of all member hospitals across the state are invited.

Sept. 24, 1-3 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Potomac home of state Sen. Brian Feldman (D-Montgomery) and his wife, Janice Feldman. The senator represents the same district that Miller, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, did when she was in the legislature. Feldman is the vice chair of the Senate Finance Committee and a leading authority on energy and utility policy.

Sept. 24, 3-5 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Chevy Chase home of Julie Farkas and Seth Goldman, the founders of Honest Tea and PLNT Burger. He is also chair of the board of Beyond Meat. Co-hosts of the event include Lindsay Lassman, a funder and leader of women’s empowerment organizations, and Tim Shriver, the Kennedy family scion and disability rights activist who is chair of the Special Olympics.

Sept. 25, 2-4 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Chevy Chase home of Wendy and Michael O’Neil Jr. He is co-chair and founder of Graybridge and a patient engagement and equity advocate. The co-hosts are Dresden Koons, head of the Lower School at St. Andrews Episcopal School in Potomac, and Alex Perdikis, an automotive executive who is president and CEO of Koons of Silver Spring Inc. and owner of Inride, a used-car sales and leasing company.

Sept. 25, 4-6 p.m.

Reception at the Sebrof Forbes Cultural Arts Center in Kensington. The event appears to be geared to Black professionals, educators and artists, and is co-chaired by Melvin Forbes, a former telecommunications executive who runs Water Transit Solutions in Prince George’s County, and Dennis Forbes, a visual artist and journalist.

Co-hosts include:

• Lezli Baskerville, CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, an HBCU advocacy group
• Warren Fleming, CEO of Quality Solutions Technology Inc. in Damascus
• Paul Geffert, a software engineer
• John Hale III, head of the Cornerstone Group, which helps minority-owned firms win government contracts
• Charles Hopkins, a commercial real estate developer
• Jereleen Hollimon-Miller, the mayor of Mayesville, S.C., and great grand-niece of Mary McLeod Bethune, the ground-breaking educator and philanthropist and founder of the National Council of Negro Women
• Chris Wilcox, the former University of Maryland and NBA star who has become a STEM education advocate and is founder of the organization Helping Every Day Youth.

Sept. 26, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Pasadena home of Drew Hawkins, who spent 30 years as a Morgan Stanley executive and is now CEO of Edyoucore Sports and Entertainment, a company that teaches financial literacy skills to entertainers and athletes. The event, co-hosted by Ricky Smith, the executive director and CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration, appears to be geared toward Black executives, philanthropists and entrepreneurs.

Several people are listed as co-hosts, including:

• Brigitte Williams-Genovese, a Severna Park Realtor
• Jeff Hargrave, president of Mahogany Inc., a commercial construction firm
• Ron Lipscomb, a developer and construction company executive
• Joyce and Thomas Moorehead – she’s an attorney and together they are philanthropists who own a BMW franchise in Northern Virginia
• Terri and Sandy Roberts, who own airport retail outlets, including at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
• Del. Mike Rogers (D-Anne Arundel)
• Tisha Skinner, who operates a Smoothie King and a Rita’s Ice’s concession at BWI Airport
• Terry Speigner, president and CEO of an IT firm and former chair of the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee
• Craig Thompson, Moore’s campaign chair who is a partner at Venable LLC.

Sept. 27, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Washington, D.C., home of Darryl Wiggins, CEO of Document Managers, and co-sponsored by J.R. Clark, the attorney, and Tiffany Rose, vice president of marketing and development at RGS Consulting in D.C. Headlining the event: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D).

Oct. 2, 5-7 p.m.

Fundraiser at the home of Jan and Larry Rivitz in Baltimore. She’s the president and CEO of The Straus Foundation in Baltimore and he’s co-founder of Green Street Academy and leader of Bet on Baltimore Inc.

This event is co-sponsored by several Baltimore-area business leaders and entrepreneurs, including:

• Rheda Becker and Bob Meyerhoff, local philanthropists
• Lee Coplan, an architect and business leader, and Linda Huganir, a clinical psychologist
• Andy Graham, a former federal prosecutor and now an defense lawyer, and Leslie Shepard, former director of the Baltimore School of the Arts
• Marla Oros, president of Mosaic Inc., a business consulting group, and David Oros, an executive at Gideon Strategic Partners, a high-tech consulting firm
• Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff, founders of the Centers for Families and Children and the Courts.

Oct. 4, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Potomac home of Devang Shah, an attorney, philanthropist and high-level Democratic donor, and a leader in Maryland’s Asian-American Pacific Islander community. The event is co-sponsored by other AAPI business and political leaders, including:

• Rajan Natarajan, a former deputy secretary of State in Maryland who is CEO of Global Alliant Inc., a tech firm
• Bel Leong-Hong, a tech and management consultant and another leader among AAPI Democratic donors
• Neha Dhir, a National Institutes of Health contractor
• Anand Poojary, a Montgomery County restaurateur and business leader.

Oct. 5, 7-9:30 p.m.

Fundraiser at Bar ONE in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood, hosted by Peter Thomas, an Atlanta-based entrepreneur who owns the bar. The event appears to be geared toward Black entrepreneurs. Co-hosts include:

• Len Burnett, an owner of several media outlets
• Wendy Credle, an entertainment attorney and producer
• Karenthia Barber, a business consultant, former chair of the Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, and board chair of Maryland Automobile Insurance, a quasi-state agency
• Richard McClearn, a sales manager with DISYS Solutions, a tech company
• Marjorie Fields Harris, a communications consultant, and J. Wyndal Gordon, a Baltimore lawyer.

Oct. 6, 5-7 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Chevy Chase home of David Javdan, an attorney and finance expert at Alvarez & Marsal in D.C. Co-hosts include Gila Bronner, a Chicago-based consultant for state and local governments.

Oct. 7, 5-7 p.m.

Fundraiser at Norbeck Country Club in Rockville. No further details were available.

Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Chevy Chase home of Izzy Klein of the Klein/Johnson Group, a former Capitol Hill aide to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and former House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt.

Listed co-hosts include Jason Gold, an executive vice president of Resolute Public Affairs, Adam Chase, a D.C. attorney, Lisa Kanter, a former attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, and Monica Sakala, founder of SOMA Strategies, a D.C.-based marketing and social media consulting firm.

Oct. 10, 5-7 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Baltimore home of Kevin Sowers, the president of Johns Hopkins Health Systems and Anthony Evans. The listed co-hosts are Maria Harris Tildon, the vice president of state and local affairs for Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Chuck Tildon, vice president of external affairs at the University of Maryland Medical System.

Oct. 12, 5-6:30 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Capitol Hill town house of former U.S. Rep. Tom McMillen (D-Md.), who is now president and CEO of the LEAD 1 Association, which represents university athletic directors and programs of the Football One Subdivision. This event appears to be geared to the Capitol Hill crowd and is co-hosted by several D.C. lobbyists and political operatives – including some who were former officeholders. The sponsor list includes:

• Colm O’Comartun, the former executive director of the Democratic Governors Association and former top O’Malley aide who is now a principal of the consulting firm 50 State
• Former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard (D), who also served as ambassador to Canada under President Clinton and is now a senior counsel to DLA Piper
• Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), now a lobbyist with Foley & Lardner
• Terry Lierman, the former Maryland Democratic chair
• Johnathan Lozier, a vice president at Stateside Associates
• Former U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), now a lobbyist with Nelson Mullins
• Keiffer Mitchell, the former Maryland delegate and Baltimore City councilmember who held key positions in the Hogan administration and recently joined the BGR Group
• Mike Stratton, a longtime Democratic consultant who is with the firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
• Justin Towles, a former O’Malley aide who works for Crown Consulting
• Steven VanGrack, an attorney and former Rockville mayor
• Josh Wachs, the former chief operation officer of the Democratic National Committee who is now a self-described “social impact strategist.”

Oct. 12, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Potomac home of Patrice King Brickman, the head of Inspire Capital LLC and minority owner of Monumental Sports, owners of the Washington Wizards, Capitals and Mystics.

Oct. 14, 7-9 p.m.

Fundraiser at the Ellicott City home of Arul Vigg, a doctor.

And if all that isn’t exhausting enough work for Moore, he’s scheduled to headline a fundraiser for Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) on Oct. 16 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville. Pittman was the first leader of a large jurisdiction to back Moore in the Democratic primary.

This story has been updated to add one event to the list.

By Josh Kurtz