Five top-tier candidates ran in the 2006 Council At-Large primary: incumbents George Leventhal, Nancy Floreen and Mike Subin and labor-backed challengers Marc Elrich and Duchy Trachtenberg. A host of less…
At-Large Data
MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part Three
Conventional wisdom holds that voters of color do not turn out at the same rate as white voters. How true is that in Montgomery County?As we detailed in Part One,…
MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part Two
As we saw in Part One, MoCo’s major demographic groups are not distributed evenly across the county. Here are the percentages of Hispanics, white non-Hispanics, black non-Hispanics and Asian non-Hispanics…
MoCo Demographics and Voting, Part One
Like many of you, we are eagerly entering the precinct-level counts from the recent primary. (OK, we know that not all of you are on the edges of your seats…
With Jane de Winter and Fred Evans reporting dismal fundraising numbers, there are only two at-large challengers with a shot to win: Becky Wagner and Hans Riemer. What are their…
Council At-Large: Nancy Floreen
Council Member Nancy Floreen finished fourth in the 2006 at-large Democratic primary. What does that mean this year?First, some basic statistics on Floreen along with her performance chart in 2006….
Council At-Large: Duchy Trachtenberg
Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg finished third in the 2006 at-large Democratic primary. What does that mean this year?First, some basic statistics on Trachtenberg along with her performance chart in 2006….
Council At-Large: Marc Elrich
Council Member Marc Elrich finished second in the 2006 at-large Democratic primary. What does that mean this year?First, some basic statistics on Elrich along with his performance chart in 2006….
Council At-Large: George Leventhal
Council Member George Leventhal finished first in the 2006 at-large Democratic primary. What does that mean this year?First, some basic statistics on Leventhal along with his performance chart in 2006….
Council At-Large Geography, Part Four
The bottom line in any election is who wins and who loses. We’re not ready to make that call for 2010, but we know in excruciating detail how the 2006…