Democratic nominee for mayor, Catherine E. Pugh, will be holding a fundraiser tonight at the Baltimore Convention Center to try to pay off the substantial debts she incurred during the primary race, including a last-minute loan from Jim Smith, the two-term Baltimore County executive and former Maryland Secretary of Transportation.

Pugh recently acknowledged an approximately $100,000 loan from Smith, which came after the April 10 deadline for the filing of pre-primary finance reports by candidates and had not been previously disclosed by Pugh or her campaign.

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