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County Executive Candidates File Campaign Financial Forms
Candidates for Montgomery County Executive filed their campaign finance forms to the the Maryland State Board of Elections by the required Jan. 19 deadline. In a four-way race to become Montgomery...
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Jawando Discusses Police in Schools, Thrive 2050 in Radio Interview
Montgomery Councilmember Will Jawando reiterated that he does not want Student Resource Officers (SROs) back in the schools except in emergencies, during a radio interview Friday afternoon on the...
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Local Leaders React to Mass Shooting at Texas Elementary School
A teenage gunman opened fire Tuesday morning at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tx killing 19 children. The death toll included two adults, Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez told CNN. The attacker...
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Montgomery County Black Collective Hosts Political Forum
The Montgomery County Black Collective (The Collective) hosted a political forum for county executive and county council at-large candidates Thursday evening in Takoma Park. The forum was held in...
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Public Hearings On Charter Amendments To Be Held July 26
The Montgomery County Council will hold public hearings on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. on two resolutions regarding the County Charter that would appear on the ballot as questions for the 2022...
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County Executive Candidates Make Last Pitches on Eve of Primary Election Day
Montgomery Community Media reached out to the six candidates running for Montgomery County Executive to get their last pitch to voters prior to Tuesday’s Primary Election Day. Here are their...
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Blair Narrowly Leads Elrich in Early Voting for County Executive
UPDATE: As of 6:45 am Wednesday, with 98% of the precincts reporting, David Blair has 39.51% (28,059 votes) of the votes. Incumbent Marc Elrich has 38.01% (26,997 votes) of the votes. The two are...
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Council Approves Ballot Question for November Election
Although voting continues from the July 19 primary, Montgomery County Council already is working on the ballot for the November general election. Council members unanimously agreed Tuesday to ask...
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Democratic County Executive Race Seesaws
The Board of Elections posted the results of the latest canvass at a little after 9 p.m. Monday. And the lead has flipped from businessman David Blair to incumbent Marc Elrich. At the completion of the...
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Elrich Ekes Out A Bigger Lead
Incumbent County Executive Marc Elrich added a little over 50 votes to his lead over challenger David Blair after Tuesday’s votes were tallied. The Board of Elections posted the latest results a little...
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Elrich Maintains Slim Lead In County Executive Race
After 11 days of canvassing, the incumbent County Executive hangs on to a slim lead in the race for the Democratic candidate on the November ballot. As of Wednesday evening around 10 p.m. when the...
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In Latest Vote Count, Elrich Lead Over Blair Grows Slightly
After a 12th day of vote counting, incumbent County Executive Marc Elrich’s very slim lead over businessman David Blair has grown slightly. According to the latest numbers released late Friday night,...
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With 42 Vote Lead, Elrich Claims Victory Over Blair
As of Saturday evening after more than 110,000 ballots have been counted, incumbent Marc Elrich leads businessman David Blair by only 42 votes in the Democratic primary for County Executive. If the...
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Blair to Request Recount, Hopeful ‘Outcome Will Be In Our Favor’
Businessman David Blair announced Sunday morning that he will be requesting a full recount, following the latest vote count in the Democratic race for Montgomery County Executive. “After several weeks...
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Blair Solicitará Recuento En Reñida Contienda para Ejecutivo del Condado
Luego de la última tabulación de votos, el empresario David Blair anunció el domingo por la mañana que solicitará un recuento completo de votos en la contienda demócrata para ejecutivo del condado de...
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Takoma-East Silver Spring Community Action Center Relocates
The Takoma-East Silver Spring (TESS) Community Action Center has relocated to 8703 Flower Ave. The center was previously located at 8513 Piney Branch Road for 50 years. County Executive Marc Elrich...
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Blair Officially Requests Recount of 140,000 Ballots
This story was updated at 5:57 p.m. with days, times and location of the recount. On Tuesday, before the 3:00 p.m. deadline, County Executive candidate David Blair officially requested a petition...
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Recount Underway for Democratic County Executive Nominee
A ballot recount is underway to confirm the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County Executive. Candidate David Blair requested the recount this week after incumbent Marc Elrich was certified as the...
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Recount Continues in Democratic County Executive Race
The recount of ballots requested by Democratic candidate for County Executive David Blair resumes Sunday morning, August 21 at 9:30 a.m. at the Germantown Community Recreation Center. 18905 Kingsview...
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County Executive Recount Enters Final Day
Tuesday is the fifth and final day of the recount for the Democratic nominee for County Executive. The last batch of Mail-In votes and Absentee ballots have been tabulated. Now they must be audited,...
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It’s Official: Elrich Certified as Democratic Primary Winner
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich won the Democratic nomination for a chance at a second term, defeating challenger David Blair by 32 votes. Following the recount, Blair gained 10 new votes to...
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‘We Won’: Elrich Looks Forward to Second Term with Democratic Governor,...
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich appeared headed for a second term. As of 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, he had 72% of the vote to Republican Reardon Sullivan’s 27% with 214 of 258 precincts counted....
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Elrich Lays Out County Resolutions for 2023
In his first weekly County Executive Report for the new year, Marc Elrich outlined his resolutions for the county. Affordable housing topped the list. Finding ways to curb and stabilize rent seemed...
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Highlights from County Executive’s Weekly Briefing
County Executive Marc Elrich held his third media briefing of 2023 Thursday afternoon. In a wide-ranging presentation, Elrich covered topics from affordable housing, to the Capital Improvement Budget,...
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County, Muslim Community Join Together During Ramadan
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, the Montgomery County Muslim Foundation and the Montgomery County Muslim Council joined with people from all faiths at Tuesday’s annual Iftar Dinner during...
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Council Holds Day 2 of Public Hearings on Proposed Budget
Thursday afternoon Montgomery County Council held a public hearing on County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed operating budget. At-Large Councilmember, Gabe Albornoz says he encourages all residents...
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100 Years and Counting: Centenarian Celebration Breaks World Record
On Friday, 76 men and women aged 100 or more gathered at the Marriott Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg for a well-deserved celebration. Organized by the county Recreation’s Senior Program Teams for...
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June Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 1990
If you want a job in Montgomery County, then the chances are high you can find one. The County’s Economic Development Corporation released the June jobless figures on Wednesday. The numbers are...
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Committee Formed to Limit County Executive to 2 Terms
Members of the Montgomery County Committee for Better Government are circulating a petition to limit the number of terms a county executive may have. County Executive Marc Elrich currently is in his...
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Elrich Says He Will Seek Third Term
It was short but emphatic. When asked on WAMU’s Politics Hour by host Kojo Nnamdi if he would run for County Executive again in 2026, two-time incumbent Marc Elrich didn’t mince words. MCM reached out...
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Elrich Upset with Contentious Fire Chief Nomination Process
Last November, Charles Bailey, a 34-year veteran of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue was poised to become its first Black Fire Chief. This week that nomination unraveled. And now new details about the...
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Elrich to Return to Taiwan to Attend Conference, Recruit Companies
County Executive Marc Elrich will travel to Taiwan for the second year in a row to represent the county during an international conference and to recruit companies to come here to do business. The...
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