By Adam Pagnucco. Years ago, Maryland used to hold its gubernatorial primaries in September. Due to a new federal law, the state moved those primaries to June starting in 2014….
Politics
Teresa Woorman’s Mailer
By Adam Pagnucco. District 16 Delegate Teresa Woorman was appointed to the House in 2024 and recently won her Democratic primary. Below is one of the mailers she sent during…
District 19 Team Mailer
By Adam Pagnucco. District 19’s incumbents – Senator Ben Kramer and Delegates Charlotte Crutchfield and Vaughn Stewart – ran as a team this year and all won in their primary. …
MoCo Conference Center Boycott Goes National
By Adam Pagnucco. As I have previously written, UNITE-HERE Local 25, which represents hotel and restaurant employees across the Washington region, has called for a boycott of the Montgomery County…
Will Stop the Spend Get On the Ballot?
By Adam Pagnucco. Stop the Spend, a ballot proposal by District 1 County Council candidate Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, would restrict the rate of spending growth in the county’s annual operating…
Is the MCPS Budget in Trouble?
By Adam Pagnucco. So far, this summer has been a season of doom at MCPS. Confronted with the county council’s failure to fully fund the school board’s budget request, Superintendent…
By Adam Pagnucco. Like many other places, Montgomery County has seen a rash of antisemitic incidents in recent years, especially following the October 7 attack in Israel and the ensuing…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described the nature of independent expenditure (IE) entities and Super PACs, which may raise and spend unlimited sums on supporting and opposing candidates but are…
Outside Money in the 2026 Primary, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I discussed the nature of independent expenditure (IE) entities and Super PACs, which may raise and spend unlimited sums on supporting and opposing candidates…
Outside Money in the 2026 Primary, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. In this year’s MoCo Democratic primary, public campaign financing was heavily used by county candidates. However, that did not reduce the influence of outside groups, who collectively…
