Jessica Haire spent more than $2.2 million in failed bid to win Anne Arundel County executive seat

Republican County Council member Jessica Haire spent more than $2.2 million over the past two years on her failed bid to defeat incumbent County Executive Steuart Pittman, according to campaign finance documents. Pittman, a Democrat, spent about $1.6 million on the race over the same period, from January 2021 through Nov. 15, the finance reports show. He won reelection by more than 15,000 votes over Haire, a first-term legislator from Edgewater, thanks to a wave of support among mail-in voters. He will be inaugurated for his second four-year term on Dec. 5 at Crownsville Hospital Park.