Montgomery County State’s Attorney Robert Dean, appointed in 1996 to replace Andrew Sonner, had two problems in his election campaign. First, he was embroiled in an embarrassing sex scandal with…
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No one has won more countywide elections in MoCo than Neal Potter. The humble, squeaky-clean Chevy Chase resident won a County Council seat in 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 and…
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Best of the Bad Boy
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House Majority Leader Kumar “Bad Boy” Barve was first elected in 1990 and has been wisecracking his way through Annapolis ever since. Here are three lit pieces from early in…
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Doug Duncan for County Executive, 1994
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No other Montgomery County Executive has surpassed Doug Duncan’s twelve years in the position. This is a mailer from his first campaign for the office, a win in 1994.
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Goldie Hawn for Peter Franchot, 1986
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In 1986, Peter Franchot launched his first run for District 20 Delegate. There were two opens seats as Delegates Ida Ruben and Diane Kirchenbauer were duking it out for Stewart…
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Elrich Blasts Berlage, 1998
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Council Member Marc Elrich finished first in this year’s at-large primary, but he had to travel a long, hard road to get there. Elrich ran for the District 5 council…
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Gus Bauman for County Executive, 1994
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Gus Bauman was a staffer and legal counsel for the Planning Board before becoming its Chairman in 1989. Four years later, he left the board to run for County Executive…
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Ike Leggett for County Council, 1986
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This is a mailer from Ike Leggett’s first campaign for an at-large County Council seat in 1986. Leggett finished second that year and finished first in his next three races….
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Maryland Blogdom, January – October 2010
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Here’s an overview of how Maryland blogs have done from January through October, 2010.In the first ten months of this year, the 46 Maryland state and local blogs that release…
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From TBD. Baker’s comment on Leslie Johnson comes at 12:00 on the video. Update: Incoming Council Member Mel Franklin is the first member of the next council to call on…