By Adam Pagnucco. In addition to being one of MoCo’s nastiest races of all time, this year’s school board election is arguably the strangest ever. Consider a list of typical…
Apple Ballot
Three Keys to School Board Races
By Adam Pagnucco. Make no mistake: running for school board is TOUGH. The MoCo school board has two at-large seats, five district seats and one seat elected by MCPS students. …
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…
The Wilhelm Ballot
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is something we haven’t seen before: a mid-term year Apple Ballot with one candidate occupying one side of it and a list of others on the…
Elrich Gets the Apple
The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has endorsed Marc Elrich for County Executive. The Washington Post has the story.
MCEA Endorses Council Incumbents
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, has endorsed four County Council Members running for reelection: Craig Rice (District 2), Nancy Navarro (District 4),…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has made a new round of endorsements in state legislative races, conferring the influential Apple Ballot on the following House candidates….
MoCo Endorsements: March 9, 2018
By Adam Pagnucco. We have entered the thick of endorsement season and a big one just came out: a partial decision by MCEA, holder of the mighty Apple Ballot. We…
Where Will the Apple Drop?
By Adam Pagnucco. Many moons ago, when your author was young and blissfully new to the county, we wrote our very first blog post on the mighty Apple Ballot. It…
MSEA Makes Early Endorsements
By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) has made early endorsements in state legislative races. The endorsement of MSEA and its local affiliate, the Montgomery County Education Association…