These four maps were created during the primary for the 2020 Montgomery County Board of Education At-Large primary. There were 13 candidates total in this primary, and many contentious issues facing the County including a controversial proposal to examine school assignment boundaries. Two candidates, Stephen Austin and Jay Guan, were viewed as leading candidates among the opposition to this analysis. Sunil Dasgupta and Lynne Harris were viewed as the leading proponents for this measure. Out-of-county contributions were excluded from this map and multiple donations from the same household were counted as one blip. ​These four maps show the location of where candidates received donations in the days leading up to the primary election on June 26th, 2020. Jay Guan raised the most money overall, which was concentrated in areas that opposed efforts for redistricting including Clarksburg and areas of Rockville zoned for high-performing schools. Stephen Austin, the leader of a Facebook group fighting the boundary analysis effort, was the third runner up in total fundraising and also raised money from these same areas. Very little of their fundraising came from Silver Spring or other areas in the eastern part of the County, which is voter-rich and diverse.  ​Sunil Dasgupta, the teacher-union endorsed candidate, also raised a substantial amount of money. His funding was concentrated across Montgomery County, including in areas where Jay Guan and Stephen Austin received no donations. Lynne Harris, the Washington Post endorsed candidate, received far less fundraising support and had funding concentrated around where she lives in Silver Spring. Despite wide disparities in candidate fundraising, Lynne Harris rocketed to a first place finish with 29.2% of the vote  and Sunil Dasgupta followed in second place at 20.6%. Jay Guan, despite his fundraising haul, placed in 6th out of 13th place with 5.4% of the vote. Stephen Austin finished 3rd with 13% of the vote. Over 210,000 voters participated in the June 26th, 2020 primary. My analysis of this result centered on three questions: Is raising and spending a lot of money better than receiving a wide variety of local endorsements?  Can candidates win by receiving support from a few areas of MoCo? Was the boundary analysis as potent as conventional wisdom thought they were? ​My answer to these three questions, as shown by the results and these maps, is that local races rely heavily on endorsements rather than solely fundraising, candidates cannot win without diverse geographical support, and the two candidates who advanced from the primary were supportive of the boundary analysis and thus not as controversial as we thought it would be.  ​​​​Sources: Maryland State Board of Elections Results, Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System (MDCRIS)