on june 24, 2010, brown was running out of money because he had not held a job for 18 months. brown discussed his financial problems with another candidate for mayor, vincent gray. brown and gray reached an agreement for gray to provide cash payments to brown for the rest of the campaign. they also agreed that if gray won the election, the city would hire both brown and his brother. before the primary election, brown received $44,000 from the gray campaign and an additional $750 from lorraine green, chairwoman of gray's campaign. howard brooks carried the cash between gray's campaign and brown.