Conventional wisdom holds that voters of color do not turn out at the same rate as white voters. How true is that in Montgomery County?As…
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Jeff Waldstreicher’s Walk Piece, 2006
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This is the walk piece used by District 18 Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher in his first run for office in 2006. Jeff won a close race…
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A Sign of the Times
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Karen Montgomery Declares Victory
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The Board of Elections has released its official primary results that show Karen Montgomery defeating District 14 Senator Rona Kramer by a 4,973 to 4,857…
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MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part Two
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As we saw in Part One, MoCo’s major demographic groups are not distributed evenly across the county. Here are the percentages of Hispanics, white non-Hispanics,…
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Welcome to the New Normal
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Over the last two years, a number of adjectives have been used to describe the county’s ongoing budget crisis. “Unprecedented.” “Abysmal.” “Devastating.” “Unthinkable.” Well, maybe…
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MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part One
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Like many of you, we are eagerly entering the precinct-level counts from the recent primary. (OK, we know that not all of you are on…
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Ike Leggett’s Journal Profile, 1990
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In 1990, then-freshman Council Member Ike Leggett was running for reelection. Here is what Leggett had to say in the Montgomery Journal about his goals…
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Robin Ficker’s Term Limits Initiative, 2000
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Robin Ficker’s ballot initiative to pass term limits for county office holders may not get through the courts this year, but this is not the…