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!
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The Pinocchio Mailer, 1998
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The Seven Dwarfs are not the only Disney characters to appear in MoCo political mail. In 1998, Democratic District 15 House challenger David Dashefsky invoked Pinocchio in this mailer attacking…
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David Weaver for Delegate, 1990
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David Weaver is one of MoCo’s greatest campaign strategists, spokesmen and staffers. He served as a staffer to Senator Joe Biden, worked on Gus Bauman’s campaign for County Executive in…
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Montgomery County’s TRIM Amendment, 1978
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Prince George’s County is well-known for its TRIM amendment, a cap on property tax increases passed by referendum in 1978. Some blame TRIM for preventing the county from adequately funding…
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Gansler Guns for Dean, 1998
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Montgomery County State’s Attorney Robert Dean, appointed in 1996 to replace Andrew Sonner, had two problems in his election campaign. First, he was embroiled in an embarrassing sex scandal with…
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No one has won more countywide elections in MoCo than Neal Potter. The humble, squeaky-clean Chevy Chase resident won a County Council seat in 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 and…
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Best of the Bad Boy
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House Majority Leader Kumar “Bad Boy” Barve was first elected in 1990 and has been wisecracking his way through Annapolis ever since. Here are three lit pieces from early in…
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Doug Duncan for County Executive, 1994
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No other Montgomery County Executive has surpassed Doug Duncan’s twelve years in the position. This is a mailer from his first campaign for the office, a win in 1994.