By Adam Pagnucco.
When the county’s GOP-controlled Board of Elections tried to eliminate early voting sites in Burtonsville and Chevy Chase, Council Member Tom Hucker was one of the leaders in getting the decision overturned. Hucker is reminding his District 5 constituents of that achievement with the mailer below.
By Adam Pagnucco.
A few interesting things popped up in candidate filings today.
Krish Vignarajah has still not filed for Governor. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has filed, but his announced running mate, former Montgomery County Council Member Valerie Ervin, is not listed on his filing.
Grace Rivera-Oven, who was the Political Director of David Trone’s campaign for Congress, filed to run for Council At-Large on February 26. She has started a traditional campaign finance account.
Jarrett Smith, who is a current member of the Takoma Park City Council, filed to run for Council At-Large on February 23. Smith was reelected to the City Council in November and will not have to leave his seat to campaign for county office. Smith has started a traditional financing account.
Kenge Malikidogo-Fludd has filed for County Council District 5. Bethesda Magazine previously reported that Kevin Harris is running against incumbent Tom Hucker. Malikidogo-Fludd is using public financing, as is Harris, while Hucker has not yet opened a public financing account. However, Malikidogo-Fludd’s listed address is in Germantown, which is not in District 5.
Jaye Espy, who was running for Delegate in District 15, withdrew from the race on February 21.
Michelle Carhart of Rockville filed for District 18 Senate on February 22. Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher and Dana Beyer, who has run for Senate and House unsuccessfully in the past, are also running. Carhart’s website is inactive at this writing.
Filing closes at 9 PM tomorrow night. There may be more news in store by then!
Note: an earlier version of this post reported that Jarrett Smith had not yet established a campaign account. We apologize for the error.
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 in running but the ultimate number will probably be much less. Below are the candidates who are actually running for County Executive or County Council at this moment. All of them have either established a campaign committee, have filed to run, have publicly announced their intent to run or are incumbents who are eligible for reelection. If there are mistakes or omissions on this list, please let us know. We will be posting regular updates.
By Adam Pagnucco.
District 5 County Council Member Tom Hucker filed for reelection to his current seat on June 19. Hucker’s decision ends speculation that he was considering the at-large race, in which he would have been a formidable contender. It may also lead 2014 District 5 candidate Evan Glass, who came very close to winning, to run at-large. What is currently unknown is whether Hucker will have any challengers. Below is his filing from the state’s candidate list.
Reliable source tells me that MCEA is getting ready to revoke its endorsement of Chris Barclay for Montgomery County Council District 5 in the wake of the school board expenses scandal and endorse someone else unknown to me. Wise decision to maintain credibility in the wake of this disqualifying scandal.
In a post yesterday, I pointed out that Terrill North, a candidate for Montgomery County Council District 5, included a quote from Sen. Jamie Raskin on his campaign literature that indicated an endorsement that he did not have.
Here are Terrill North’s thoughts on the matter:
I was sharing comments that Sen. Raskin made at a campaign fundraiser last fall, much of it has been posted online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42CwihDTBis since November. My goal was to share what Jamie has said publicly about my work helping over 750 at-risk youth in District Five each year through M.A.N.U.P. and Impact Silver Spring (which was the context of his remarks). I didn’t mean to imply a formal endorsement, just to share what Jamie has said about me with people that are just now getting to know me. I assume he has positive comments about most of the folks running for office this year because 1) it’s hard to work for progressive change without getting to know Jamie and 2) that’s the type of person Jamie is. My apologies for any confusion and feel free to contact me directly at info@terrillnorth.com anytime with any questions or concerns.
