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…
Council At-Large
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…
Pat Baptiste for Council At-Large, 1998
If we made a list of the heaviest hitters in MoCo politics who have never been elected to federal, state or county office, it would have to include Pat Baptiste….
Duchy Trachtenberg: Thank You
Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg sent out the following email to her supporters this morning. Thank You “Think where (wo) man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was…
By Paul M. Bessel. If you compare the statistics on voting in Leisure World with voting in the county and district 19, there are some interesting comparisons.According to the Montgomery…
George Leventhal: Thank You
Council Member George Leventhal, who has won the Democratic primary for a third term, has sent the following email to his supporters. Leventhal is a canny political observer, having chaired…
Why Duchy Trachtenberg Fell
Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg is claiming to be a victim of the unions, blaming them for her defeat in the primary. But for all her many enemies, one person in…
Becky Wagner: Thank You
Council at-large candidate Becky Wagner sent the following message to her supporters today.Thank You Dear Friends, The primary election may be over, but from my view, your 30,000+ votes mark…
Following is a message Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg posted on her website on Monday. This was her final appeal to the voters explaining why she deserved a second term.##### I…
How Leisure World Voted
One of our spies reported the following vote totals from the two precincts in Leisure World, which together are the largest single location of votes in the county.Senate 19Lenett –…