Notable donors to Washington County commissioner candidates

Terry Baker (Republican, incumbent)

• $125: Marvin Gower, member county zoning appeals board

• $100: Taylor Oliver, president of Oliver Homes; the widow of former county commissioner Vincent "Woody" Spong; and Mike Spinnler, president of the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club and race director of the JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon

John Barr (Unaffiliated, incumbent)

• $1,000 each: Paul Mellott of Hagerstown and Herman Mellott of Warfordsburg, Pa. They are with Mellott Co., an aggregate crushing and screening company with sites in Hancock and Warfordsburg.

• $500: Howard "Blackie" Bowen with Ewing Oil

• $250: retired Washington County Circuit Court Judge Kennedy Boone and R. Bruce Carson Jewelers President and co-owner Tom Newcomer. Newcomer is Barr's campaign treasurer.

• $200: two contributors, including Ted's Enterprises, which has the same Hagerstown address as Ted’s Rent-It Center.

• $100: five contributors including Smithsburg contractor C.R. Semler; M.S. Johnston Co. north of Hagerstown; and Betty Shank, who has served on the county's historical advisory committee.

Brian Beall (Democrat, challenger)

• Filed an affidavit that he would not receive contributions or spend, in total, $1,000 or more for his campaign as of the latest filing.

Donna Brightman (Democrat, challenger)

• $2,000: Washington County Democratic Central Committee

• $1,000: Susan Murphy of Fairfield, Pa.; Loretta Symms of Leesburg, Va., the wife of Steve Symms, a former Republican U.S. representative and senator from Idaho; June Trone, wife of Congressional candidate David Trone of Potomac, Md.; and Randy Barber, chairman of the local Democratic Central Committee

• $300: Howard Kaylor of Hagerstown; Sharon Daly of Media, Pa.; and Jason Rappaport of Hagerstown. Brightman said Daly is a former South County resident and retired lobbyist whose clients included the Children's Defense Fund.

• $150: Brent Feight of BFM Architects

• $100: former Hagerstown Mayor David Gysberts; school board candidate John Krowka; Brien Poffenberger of Annapolis; Gaye McGovern of Hagerstown; and Pat Cushwa of Williamsport. Cushwa is a former state senator who is acting chairwoman of the U.S. Parole Commission and a member of Hagerstown Community College's Board of Trustees. Poffenberger is a former president of both the county's and the state's chambers of commerce.

Jeff Cline (Republican, incumbent)

• $3,500: Rider Jet Center

• $2,311: Allegany Management Services

• $1,250: Hafer's Gunsmithing

• $1,000: Ewing Oil's Howard "Blackie" Bowen and DynaCorp Management

• $800: Atlantic Security Systems, a division of Dynamark Security Centers

• $650: developer Mike Fitzgerald's Gideon Properties LLC

• $550: VFD Funding Inc. of Keedysville

• $500: Terry Lee Bowman of Hagerstown and several companies, including Craig Paving; Huntzberry & Son; High View Acres; GL East LLC; Bowman 2000 LLC, a subsidiary of the Bowman Group; and developer Christopher Smith's Interstate 70 Partners LLC

• $450: Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association; planning commission member David Kline

• $400: former county commissioner and developer Greg Snook

• $350: Brent Feight of BFM Architects

• $300: Debbie Cohill with the Interfaith Service Coalition

• $250: JD Law Company, which is land-use attorney Jason Divelbiss' firm; veterinarian and former Hancock Mayor Dan Murphy

• $225: Ed Lough, a member of the county's economic development commission

• $200: Schlossberg, Mastro & Scanlan, which includes Washington County Board of Elections attorney Roger Schlossberg (who also contributed at least $250 individually); County Commissioner LeRoy Myers

• $150: Washington County Circuit Court Judge Brett R. Wilson

• $105: Washington County Republican Central Committee Chairman Jerry DeWolf

• $100: Del. Paul Corderman

• $50: Del. Neil C. Parrott; Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno; commissioner candidate Donna Brightman; congressional candidate Amie Hoeber; school board members Linda Murray and Wayne Ridenour; and Citizens for Pieter Bickford, which is the campaign committee for the school board member

• $25: state Sen. George C. Edwards; Friends of Andrew Serafini, the state senator; Del. William Wivell; Hagerstown City Councilwoman Emily Keller; Hagerstown Mayor Bob Bruchey; and school board member Stan Stouffer

Ed Forrest (Democratic, challenger)

• $2,000: Washington County Democratic Central Committee.

• $1,000: David Trone, Democratic candidate for 6th Congressional District

• $250: his daughter, Alison; Daniel Whitt of Frederick, Md.

• $200: school board member Wayne Ridenour; his son, Ben; Donna Haines of Hagerstown; and Becky Hogamier, program director for the county's day-reporting center

• $100: his mother, Mikell

• $60: local Democratic central committee member Pam Faulkner

• $50: former school board member Paul Bailey; Antietam Brewery LLC; Paula Lampton

Wayne Keefer (Republican, incumbent)

• $535: Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno, whose wife, Tracy, is Keefer's campaign treasurer

• $500: David Rider of Rider Jet Center

• $360: Maryland delegate candidate Nicole Alt-Myers. Alt-Myers lost in the primary.

• $250: Former Washington County Commissioner Greg Snook; Williamsport Storage Bins, owned by Todd Snook

• $230: Starla L. Ward of Hagerstown

• $220: Washington County Republican Central Committee member Mike Everhart

• $200: Adna Fulton of Boonsboro and AC&T; Pat Schooley of Hagerstown

• $160: Allan Weatherholt of Hancock

• $130: Hancock Councilman Leo Murray

• $105: Washington County Republican Central Committee member Ray Foltz, who was Keefer's campaign treasurer before joining the central committee

• $100: Gaye McGovern of Hagerstown; Betty Shank of Clear Spring; JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon race director Mike Spinnler

• $90: Washington County Republican Central Committee members Paul Banister and Stephen Showe; Kurt Williams of Lanco Pennland

• $70: Del. Paul Corderman

• $50: John Schnebly; Washington County Republican Central Committee member Randy Leatherman

• $40: Del. William Wivell

• $25: Washington County Republican Central Committee Chairman Jerry DeWolf; former Smithsburg Mayor Mildred "Mickey" Myers

• $20: School board members Melissa Williams and Linda Murray

• $10: Sheriff candidate Brian Albert

Bill McKinley (Unaffiliated, challenger)

• At least $2,500: Kathy M. Griffith of Hagerstown, with Bowman Sales & Equipment.

• $1,000: Funkstown Mayor and developer Paul Crampton

• $500: Wayne E. Alter Jr., founder and board chairman for Dynamark Security Centers; Richard Gruber of Hagerstown; family member Andrew V. Papoutsis of Waynesboro, Pa.; and the Jone Bowman Trust

• $300: Deborah Murphy of Hancock

• $250: Lifelong friend James Bryant of Tennessee; Vernon E. Litzinger of Hollidaysburg, Pa., a friend who is head of Packaging Services Industries, which has a site in Williamsport.

• $200: Joseph C. Tischer of Hagerstown

Cort Meinelschmidt (Republican, challenger)

• $3,500: Washington County contractor John Lynch

• $2,000: Drs. Mauriello & Orfan, with an address for the Allergy & Asthma Center. Dr. Paul Mauriello, Meinelschmidt's father-in-law, also donated at least $350.

• $1,000: Lynch Contracting; Howard "Blackie" Bowen from Ewing Oil

• At least $550: Taylor Bowen with Ewing Oil; Joseph Berry, of Montgomery, Md., and with Proaptiv

• At least $500: Blackie Bowen's wife, Ginny

• $500: the Jone Bowman Foundation; Wayne Alter, founder and board chairman for Dynamark Security Centers

• $400: Penny Pittman, former member of the Washington County Republican Central Committee

• $350: Washington County State's Attorney Charles Strong

• $300: former Maryland Del. Paul Muldowney

• $250: developer David Lyles

• $200: A.B. Fulton of the Fulton family that owns AC&T; Joseph Michael, the county's deputy state's attorney

• $100: Washington County sheriff candidate Brian Albert; Del. Paul Corderman

• $60: Randy Leatherman, a member of the Washington County Republican Central Committee

• $50: state's attorney candidate Bernard Semler; former commissioner candidate Rodney "Scott" Bryan

Note: The cumulative total columns for donors were not updated as of press time.

Elizabeth Paul (Democrat, challenger)

• $1,000: Lorraine O'Neill of Hagerstown

• $600: Eileen Hoover, a member of the Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee, who was raised in Washington County and is the sister of former Del. John Donoghue

• $500: Van Hollen for Senate; former state Del. Virginia P. Clagett, who represented Anne Arundel County and has a farm in the Smithsburg area

• $491: former Washington County Commissioner and Women at the Table Vice Chairwoman Linda Irvin-Craig

• $300: Boyd Cook of Boonsboro

• $250: Friends of Roger Manno; Friends of Aruna Miller; Washington County Democratic Central Committee Chairman Randy Barber

• $160: Washington County Democratic Central Committee Vice Chairwoman Pam Faulkner

• $150: Pat Cushwa, a former state senator, who is acting chairwoman of the U.S. Parole Commission and a member of Hagerstown Community College's Board of Trustees; former Sharpsburg Town Councilwoman Denise Troxell; school board candidate John Krowka

• $100: Washington County Democratic Central Committee member Alan Levin; Dori Nipps, a former school board member and former executive director of PenMar Development Corp.; Marcy Frosh, the wife of Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh; Emerge Maryland Executive Director Diane Fink; Funkstown Assistant Mayor Sharon Chirgott

• $50: school board member Wayne Ridenour

• $20: former Washington County Commissioner John Schnebly

Randall Wagner (Republican, challenger)

• $1,000: Howard "Blackie" Bowen of Ewing Oil; Rider Jet Center

• $600: Robert Rankin of Hagerstown; Minnich Funeral Home

• $550: Jim Rowland of Hancock

• At least $526: his campaign treasurer, Dan Mackley

• $500: Donald Hayes of A&L Home Improvements; Tri-State Signature Settlements LLC

• $350: businesswoman Penny Yetter of Clear Spring

• $300: Jason Hose of Williamsport

• $250: NGM Productions of Adamstown, Md.; retired co-worker Linda Frakes of Hagerstown; and Williamsport Storage Bins, which is owned by Todd Snook

• $200: Admar Custom Homes of Frederick, Md.

• $100: Steve Swayne of Hagerstown; KO Move of Maugansville

• $60: former Del. Paul Muldowney

• $50: Del. Paul Corderman

• $30: state's attorney candidate Bernard Semler