The Cherub Group / Committee for Good Government Pipeline

One branch of the network runs through the Committee for Good Government, a PAC funded by the Cherub Group LLC, which itself entirely by  Gilmour Associates, an engineering firm with business ties to municipalities in Montgomery and Bucks counties.

Over the years, money from that chain has flowed to:

Montgomery County Democratic Committee (MCDC)
Jason Salus
Sean Kilkenny
Steve Santarsiero
Matt Bradford
Ben Sanchez

And now, Griffin-Shelley.

The Committee for Good Government contributed $2,500 to Griffin-Shelley’s campaign in December 2025.

The Clarke Firm Network

Another branch runs through Michael Clarke and the CGBAG Leadership PAC tied to Clarke Gallagher Barbiero Amuso & Glassman Law in Fort Washington.

The firm’s website lists several sitting Democratic legislators as “Of Counsel,” including:

Maria Collett
Steve Santarsiero
Matt Bradford
Ben Sanchez

Each is both politically connected and financially linked to the same ecosystem now supporting Griffin-Shelley.

Maria Collett’s committee contributed $5,000 to Griffin-Shelley in May 2026. Ben Sanchez contributed a combined $3,500 across her Whitemarsh Township and state house campaigns.

CGBAG Leadership PAC also contributed directly to Griffin-Shelley’s campaign.

The Party Infrastructure

MCDC Chair, Jason Salus, personally contributed to Griffin-Shelley’s earlier Whitemarsh Supervisor campaign. Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny’s campaign committee contributed to Griffin-Shelley’s  Supervisor campaign, and h

is wife, Betsy Kilkenny, contributed $1,000 personally to her 148th District campaign in December 2025. 

MCDC Chair Jason Salus and Sheriff Sean Kilkenny are themselves recipients of the Committee for Good Government’s largesse — Salus has received at least $9,500 from the PAC since 2018, Kilkenny at least $12,500 over the same period. Both have now contributed to Griffin-Shelley’s campaigns.

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The Endorsement That Wasn’t

What makes the situation notable is that MCDC never officially endorsed anyone in the race.

At the endorsement meeting:

Griffin-Shelley received 33 votes on the first ballot
Jason Landau Goodman received 33
Andrea Deutsch received 6

On the second ballot, Griffin-Shelley increased to 36 votes, but MCDC rules require 60% support for an endorsement. She did not reach the threshold. No endorsement was issued.

Yet much of the institutional money and endorsement moved toward her campaign anyway.

The network behaved as though an endorsement had occurred even when the formal process failed to produce one.