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 we detailed in Part One,…
Maryland Politics Watch Archive
Jeff Waldstreicher’s Walk Piece, 2006
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 over fellow first-time contender Dan…
A Sign of the Times
Karen Montgomery Declares Victory
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 vote tally. Montgomery sent the…
MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part Two
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, black non-Hispanics and Asian non-Hispanics…
Welcome to the New Normal
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 those adjectives were suitable as…
MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part One
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 the edges of your seats…
Ike Leggett’s Journal Profile, 1990
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 for his second term.
Robin Ficker’s Term Limits Initiative, 2000
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 first time Ficker has tried…