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[quote=Anonymous]McDuffie took in more than twice as much in campaign donations from utility interests than any of his current council peers, and from 2018–2025 met with paid utility lobbyists five times more often than any other councilmember.

A nonprofit that filed an ethics complaint against JLG had a board member connected to a firm that McDuffie’s campaign paid $20,000 for “research services” the week before the complaint was filed and McDuffie’s campaign didn’t respond to questions about the payment.

In 2019, McDuffie was a crucial vote in favor of awarding a $215 million no-bid contract to lottery operator Intralot.  The problem: a document obtained by the Washington Post through a FOIA request showed McDuffie’s cousin listed as chief executive of a subcontracting company that stood to receive $3 million from the deal.

It gets messier. McDuffie’s cousin Keith McDuffie was linked to a lottery subcontractor who had also organized a fundraiser for him… before the ink on the contract was dry.  And McDuffie had originally opposed the no-bid shortcut but changed his vote the same day he received a prized committee assignment from Council Chairman Mendelson, leading colleagues to label it back-room dealmaking.[/quote]

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