By Adam Pagnucco. District 16 House candidate Samir Paul, who led for most of the ballot counting over Sara Love but now trails by nine votes, is raising money to…
Seventh State Archive
By Adam Pagnucco. This past primary saw the first use of public campaign financing in local elections in Maryland. Many people both inside and outside Montgomery County have been watching…
Maryland’s Recount Procedure
By Adam Pagnucco. As the elections for the Montgomery and Baltimore County Executives are very close, as are a few others like the District 16 House race, Maryland’s recount procedure…
By Delegate Kirill Reznik (D-39). You may not know it, but there is a war raging. It’s mostly among my 3,000 or so Facebook friends. You see, apparently there is…
MoCo Democrats are Badly Divided
By Adam Pagnucco. This may not be the most polite thing to say in the wake of the MoCo Democrats’ Kiss and Make Up Party, but it’s the truth: MoCo…
By Adam Pagnucco. Bethesda Magazine just reported that Council Member Nancy Floreen has filed her intent to run for County Executive as an independent. But getting on the ballot is…
A Pattern in the Absentee Ballots?
By Adam Pagnucco. All eyes in political MoCo are on the County Executive race, which will be decided by absentee and provisional ballots. After the first absentee canvass, Marc Elrich’s…
Does Blair Have a Chance?
By Adam Pagnucco. With early votes and election day votes counted, Marc Elrich leads David Blair by 452 votes to win the Democratic County Executive nomination. This would be a…
The Washington Post Ballots
By Adam Pagnucco. Two ballots were handed out today announcing county-level endorsements by the Washington Post. The first one shows all of the Post’s endorsements for County Executive, County Council…
Will Jawando’s Diversity Mailer
By Adam Pagnucco. As Council At-Large candidate Will Jawando points out in the mailer below, MoCo’s population has a majority of people of color but has not elected an at-large…