By Adam Pagnucco. Council District 4, known as “the Bowtie District,” had five candidates but only three were viable: Takoma Park Mayor Kate Stewart, Friends of White Flint Executive Director…
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The Bowtie District, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few if any parts of the county council’s redistricting exercise of last year were more controversial than the creation of Council District 4, popularly known as “the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In school board elections, the two most important endorsements come from the Washington Post and the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), owner of the much-coveted Apple Ballot. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, in my Q&A with County Executive Marc Elrich, I asked him whether the recent problems at the planning board were a reason why the Thrive…
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Another Big Battle in District 18, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. The District 18 state senate race, the biggest state legislative matchup in MoCo this year, was contested by incumbent Jeff Waldstreicher and challenger Max Socol. How did…
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Another Big Battle in District 18, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. As a political writer, I love living in State Legislative District 18. It’s never boring here! Over the past 30 years, the district has seen contested elections…
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By Adam Pagnucco. We saw it in the Attorney General primary and here it is again in the State’s Attorney primary: MoCo’s patterns of racial voting. The fact that both…
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East County Gets its Own Council District
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the years when Montgomery County had just five county council districts, East County (defined here as the areas around Route 29 and New Hampshire Avenue) did…
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By Adam Pagnucco. DC News Now interviewed County Council Vice-President Evan Glass and I on recent events at the planning board. The article appears here and the video appears below.
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The Tuesday Night Massacre
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Council’s mass removal of the planning board was an unusual event though not a totally unprecedented one. It will go down in history as…