This is an updated list of candidates for local, state and federal offices in Montgomery County as of June 26, 2018. Candidates for county executive, county council and local judiciary offices are listed first, followed by the state legislature, Congress and statewide offices.
The primary election is Tuesday, June 26. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Click on the links below for previously published public financing stories:
20 Montgomery candidates approved for public financing system, four hang in balance –
Dozens of council candidates apply for public financing; five already disqualified
As it stands, $11 million in county funds have been allocated to finance the races for county executive and county council. We include total disbursement amounts for qualified candidates in their profile. (See the general list of approved candidates below.)
Endorsements for organizations are listed below each candidate’s name, individual endorsements are not. If a candidate has an endorsement page on their campaign website, we will link to it.
Below are questionnaire responses from various Montgomery County organizations.
Montgomery County Alliance – http://www.mocoalliance.org/news/mca-2018-candidates-questionnaire-the-results.
Progressive Neighbors – http://www.progressiveneighborsmd.org/
Campaign finance reports for all candidates are now available on the State Board of Elections website. You can look up any candidate using this link:
Click on disclosures, view filed reports, click continue and then enter the candidate’s name (last name first) in the “committee name” highlighted box.
Directly below is a list of candidates who have qualified for public campaign financing. Amounts raised are included in profiles.
22 Candidates approved for public campaign financing
County Executive election: George Leventhal, Marc Elrich and Rose Krasnow.
County Council At-Large election: Hans Riemer, Gabe Albornoz, Brandy Brooks, Bill Conway, Hoan Dang, Evan Glass, Danielle Metiuv, Seth Grimes, Will Jawando, Jill Ortman-Fouse, Mohammad Siddique and Chris Wilhelm.
County Council District elections:
District 1 – Ana Sol Gutierrez, Jim McGee and Reggie Oldak
District 2 – Ed Amatetti
District 3 – Sidney Katz
District 4 – Nancy Navarro
District 5 – Kevin Harris
This list is maintained by Glynis Kazanjian and Len Lazarick, who should be emailed about any corrections or additions.
As with all the content on MarylandReporter.com and Montgomery Reporter, which operates under a Creative Commons License, the content can be used by anyone in any media without asking permission so long as MarylandReporter.com is credited.
To read more news, click here.
