Legendary Planning Board Chairman Royce Hanson ran for Congress twice in the 1960s, for County Executive in 1978 and for County Council this year. He lost all four times. But…
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Dana Dembrow was elected to a District 20 House seat in 1986 and spent many years fighting with the rest of his delegation, which included Senator Ida Ruben and Delegates…
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Connie Morella for Congress, 1980
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Connie Morella surprised MoCo by winning a District 16 Delegate seat as a Republican in 1978. She surprised the county again by running for Congress two years later. She lost…
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Sid Kramer’s Write-In Campaign, 1990
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Sid Kramer served one term on the County Council and two terms in the Senate before becoming Montgomery County’s third Executive in 1986. Most people expected Kramer to win reelection…
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Titans of Montgomery County, 1981
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These are four of the most influential people in Montgomery County’s history, standing together in a unique photo from 1981. Norman Christeller (left): County Council Member and Planning Board Chairman….
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Lou D’Ovidio for Delegate, 1986
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Lou D’Ovidio was a teacher and MCPS administrator for 25 years and served two terms on the Takoma Park City Council before running for a District 20 house seat in…
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Roger Berliner for County Council, 2000
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Roger Berliner first ran for the County Council District 1 seat in the 2000 special election to replace the retiring Betty Ann Krahnke. Berliner was defeated in the primary by…
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Valerie Ervin for County Council, 2006
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Incoming County Council President Valerie Ervin has enjoyed one of the more rapid rises to prominence in MoCo history. In 2002, she became Council Member George Leventhal’s Chief of Staff….
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Team for Montgomery, 1986
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In 1986, seven County Council candidates ran as a slate called Team for Montgomery: incumbents Neal Potter, Rose Crenca, Mike Gudis and Bill Hanna and challengers Bruce Adams, Mike Subin…
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SchaeferMania!
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William Donald Schaefer was one of Maryland’s great political characters. But this 2001 flyer celebrating his second anniversary as Comptroller leaves even your author speechless!