By Adam Pagnucco. SEIU Local 500, which represents MCPS support staff, adjunct college professors, child care employees and other members, has endorsed Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez for the open Council…
Council District 1
By Adam Pagnucco. In addition to the wild and woolly Executive and Council At-Large races, MoCo has two competitive District County Council elections. Let’s have a look. Council District 1…
Former Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan has endorsed Council District 1 candidate Andrew Friedson. Following is Friedson’s press release. ***** Friedson Endorsed by County Executive Doug Duncan Three-Term Exec. Calls…
Random Bits, October 2017
By Adam Pagnucco. Chris Wilhelm is Winning the Sign Wars MCPS teacher and progressive at-large council candidate Chris Wilhelm has covered parts of Georgia Avenue and University Boulevard with his…
By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, who has served District 18 since 2002, has created a public financing account for a run in Council District 1. While Ana is…
Friedson Rules Social Media in District 1
By Adam Pagnucco. Political handicapping is a very subjective exercise. That said, there are a handful of objective measures that give clues to the state of a race: fundraising, endorsements,…
By Adam Pagnucco. This morning, we posted preliminary fundraising totals for candidates in public financing. But one of those reports was wrong because of a problem with the State Board…
By Adam Pagnucco. Correction: The numbers for Hoan Dang in this post are inaccurate. For updated numbers on Dang and a response by Marc Elrich, please visit our updated post….
MoCo County Candidate List, July 2017
By Adam Pagnucco. Significant speculation surrounds the number of candidates who could be running for county office in MoCo next year. Some believe that fifty or more people are interested…
Roger Berliner for County Council, 2000
Roger Berliner first ran for the County Council District 1 seat in the 2000 special election to replace the retiring Betty Ann Krahnke. Berliner was defeated in the primary by…