By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2018, MoCo voters elected a nine-member county council that had one female member: District 4’s Nancy Navarro. That didn’t sit well with a lot of…
County Executive
Kate Stewart is Running for Reelection
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kate Stewart, who is finishing her first term representing District 4 after having served as the mayor of Takoma Park, is holding her reelection campaign…
By Adam Pagnucco. A new group of elected officials has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for county executive. They include State’s Attorney John McCarthy, Board of Education Member Rita Montoya,…
LIUNA Endorses Jawando for Executive
By Adam Pagnucco. The Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington Laborers’ District Council (PBWLDC), an affiliate of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), has endorsed Council Member Will Jawando for county executive. This…
Perez and Trone Endorse Glass for Executive
By Adam Pagnucco. Former Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and former Congressman David Trone are endorsing Council Member Evan Glass for county executive. The twin endorsements have differing political…
Fire Fighters Endorse Friedson
By Adam Pagnucco. In the first labor endorsement of the 2026 county executive primary, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1664 has chosen to support Council Member Andrew Friedson. I’m…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Will Jawando, who is running for county executive, now claims that he has enough contributions from in-county residents to qualify for public matching funds in…
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s an ancient school of thought in MoCo politics: run to the left and win. Given the local dominance of Democratic voters and progressive interest groups, that…
Blair Endorses Friedson
By Adam Pagnucco. Businessman David Blair, who lost the 2018 county executive Democratic primary by 77 votes and lost the 2022 county executive Democratic primary by 32 votes, has endorsed…
Wild Cards in the County Executive Race
By Adam Pagnucco. It’s happening a lot now. Nearly every day, someone will ask me to predict who will win next year’s county executive race. I get it, that race…