County Executive, Democrats
(269 of 269 Precincts Counted, as of July 8 unofficial results)
Marc Elrich, 37,529 29.02 percent
David Blair, 37,449, 28.95 percent
Rose Krasnow, 19,644, 15.19 percent
Roger Berliner, 16,712, 12.92 percent
George Leventhal, 13,316, 10.30 percent
Bill Frick, 4,687, 3.62 percent
Total . . . . . . . . . 129,337
According to numbers released by the Montgomery County Board of Elections July 8, the Democratic winner of the June 26 Primary Election is Marc Elrich. He will face Republican Robin Ficker in November. Ficker ran unopposed.
Elrich defeated David Blair by 80 votes after the counting of absentee and provisional ballots.
Democratic County Councilmember at large Nancy Floreen filed paperwork on July 2 to preserve her option to run as an independent for County Executive, according to Andrew Metcalf of Bethesda Magazine.
County Council At Large
Top four vote-getters of 33 Democrats — Hans Riemer, Will Jawando, Evan Glass, and Gabe Albornoz — on the primary ballot move on to General Election to face Republicans Robert Dyer, Chris P. Fiotes, Jr., Penny Musser, and Shelly Skolnick who ran unopposed in the primary.
Note that every county resident is represented by five members of the nine-member Montgomery County Council, the four at-large members and the councilmember for their local district, District One for almost all Potomac and Bethesda. The large number of candidates for County Council at Large followed passage of term limits for County Council and County Executive in the last election, limiting them to three consecutive terms. This forced Nancy Floreen, Marc Elrich, and George Leventhal, all long-time members At large, and Roger Berliner in District One, off the County Council. Hans Riemer was the only incumbent who could run for County Council At Large.
County Council At Large, Democrats
Hans Riemer*, 54,583, 12.19
Will Jawando*, 43,154, 9.64
Evan Glass*, 35,599, 7.95
Gabe Albornoz*, 33,049, 7.38
Marilyn Balcombe, 28,066, 6.27
Chris Wilhelm, 26,453, 5.91
Brandy H. M. Brooks, 26,214, 5.86
Ashwani Jain, 19,367, 4.33
Hoan Dang, 16,911, 3.78
Bill Conway, 14,815, 3.31
Jill Ortman Fouse, 14,704, 3.28
Danielle Meitiv, 14,807, 3.31
Charles Barkley, 10,468, 2.34
Loretta Jean Garcia, 10,280, 2.30
Shruti Bhatnagar, 9,389, 2.10
Cherri L. Branson, 9,262, 2.07
Mohammad Siddique, 9,060, 2.02
Melissa McKenna, 8,034, 1.79
Seth Grimes, 6,716, 1.50
Graciela Rivera-Oven, 6,682, 1.49
Rosemary O. Arkoian, 6,578, 1.47
Lorna Phillips Forde, 6,436, 1.44
Michele Riley, 6,216, 1.39
Steve Solomon, 5,666, 1.27
Neil H. Greenberger, 5,607, 1.25
Paul S. Geller, 3,854, 0.86
Richard Gottfried, 3,035, 0.68
David V. Lipscomb, 2,464, 0.55
Jarrett Smith, 2,390 0.53
Darwin Romero, 2,300 0.51
Tom R. Falcinelli, Jr., 2,207, 0.49
Craig Carozza-Caviness, 1,589, 0.35
Ron Colbert, 1,675, 0.37
Total, 447,630
County Council - District 1
(With 72 of 72 Precincts Counted as of July 8 unofficial results)
Democrat Andrew Friedson will face Republican Richard Banach, who ran unopposed in the primary.
Councilmanic District 1, Democratic
Andrew Friedson* 9,321 28.16
Ana Sol Gutierrez 7,090 21.42
Regina "Reggie" Oldak 5,613 17.59
Meredith Wellington 5,797 17.51
Pete Fosselman 3,384 10.22
Bill Cook 828 2.50
Jim McGee 781 2.36
Dalbin Osorio 194 0.59
Total . . . . . . . . . 33,106
Board of Education, Nonpartisan
Montgomery County voters elected four nonpartisan members to the Board of Education in November. The top two vote-getters in the June 26 primary for the at-large and District 3 seats will move on to the general election. Districts 1 and 5 only have two candidates who filed, and the candidates will advance to the general election. The board consists of seven county residents elected by voters for a four-year term and a student elected by secondary school students for a one-year term. Every voter in the county can vote for all Board members in all districts and At Large. However district Board members must live in the district they will represent.
Board of Education At Large, nonpartisan
Top two will appear on the November ballot
(With 269 of 269 Precincts Counted as of July 8 unofficial results)
Julie Reiley*, 39,117, 32.03 percent
Karla Silvestre*, 34,082, 27.90 percent
John A. Robertson, 14,145, 11.58 percent
Marwa Omar Ibrahim, 11820, 9.68 percent
Stephen Sugg, 7,940, 6.50 percent
Brandon Orman Rippeon, 6,490, 5.31 percent
Ryan Arbuckle, 4,659, 3.81 percent
Timur Edib, 3,886, 3.18 percent
Total . . . . . . . . . 122,139
Board of Education - District 3, nonpartisan
Top two will appear on the November ballot
(With 269 of 269 Precincts Counted as of July 8 unofficial results)
Patricia O'Neill*, 73,218, 60.01 percent
Lynn Amano*, 28,926, 23.71 percent
Laura Simon, 19,861, 16.28 percent
Total . . . . . . . . . 122,005
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Democrat Ben Jealous and Susan Turnbull to face incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and Boyd K. Rutherford, who ran unopposed in the primary.
Ben Jealous and Susan Turnbull*, 224,549, 39.7 percent
Rushern L. Baker, III and Elizabeth Embry, 166,199, 29.4 percent
Jim Shea and Brandon M. Scott, 47,134, 8.3 percent
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah and Sharon Y. Blake, 46,231, 8.2 percent
Rich Madaleno and Luwanda Jenkins, 32,709, 5.8 percent
Valerie Ervin and Marisol Johnson, 18,099, 3.2 percent (withdrew)
Alec Ross and Julie C. Verratti, 13,266, 2.3 percent
Ralph Jaffe and Freda Jaffe, 9,051, 1.6 percent
James Hugh Jones, II and Charles S. Waters, 8,773, 1.5 percent
Representative in Congress
Potomac and Bethesda, along with most of Montgomery County, are split between Maryland Congressional District 6 and District 8. District 6 is an open seat as incumbent John Delaney (D) is vacating the seat to pursue candidacy for President of the United States. David Trone (D) will face Amie Hoeber (R) in November. Both are Potomac residents.
District 6, Republican Candidates
Amie Hoeber*, 19,168, 67.9 percent
Lisa Lloyd, 5,011, 17.8 percent
Kurt Elsasser, 2,467, 8.7 percent
Bradley St. Rohrs, 1,584, 5.6 percent
District 6, Democratic Candidates
David Trone*, 23,419, 40.3 percent
Aruna Miller, 17,755, 30.6 percent
Nadia Hashimi, 8,010, 10.4 percent
Roger Manno, 5,979, 10.3 percent
Andrew Duck, 2,835, 4.9 percent
Chris Graves, 933, 1.6 percent
George English, 815, 1.1 percent
Christophe Hearsey, 505, 0.9 percent
District 8 Republican Candidates
John Walsh*, 8,833, 45.2 percent
Bridgette L. Cooper, 6,091, 31.1 percent
Victor Williams, 4,637, 23.7 percent
District 8 Democratic Candidates
Jamie Raskin, 76,655, 90.5 percent
Summer Spring, 4,922, 5.8 percent
Utam Paul, 3,120, 3.7 percent
General Assembly
Upcounty and upper Potomac are in General Assembly District 15. Bethesda and lower Potomac are in General Assembly District 16. Each district has one State Senator and three members of the House of Delegates.
State Senator, District 15
Republican Candidates
David Wilson, unopposed in primary, will face Brian J. Feldman (D-15), the incumbent State Senator in November.
Democratic Candidates
Brian J. Feldman*, incumbent, 12,007, 86.1 percent
Hongjun Xin, 1,938 13.9 percent
State Senator, District 16
Marcus Alzona (R) ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and will face Susan C. Lee (D) the incumbent State Senator, in November.
House of Delegates District 15, Republican Candidates
Laurie Halverson, Harvey Jacobs and Marc A. King ran unopposed in the Republican primary. They will appear individually on the ballot with the top three Democrats, Kathleen Dumais, Lily Qi and David Fraser-Hidalgo.
House of Delegates, District 15, Democratic Candidates
Kathleen Dumais*, incumbent, 8,207, 22.37 percent
Lily Qi*, 6,568, 17.9 percent
David Fraser-Hidalgo*, incumbent, 6,206, 16.91 percent
Amy Frieder, 5,289, 14.41 percent
Kevin Mack, 4,257, 11.6 percent
Anis Ahmed, 2,097, 5.71 percent
Hamza Sarwar Khan, 1,262, 3.44 percent
Tony Puca, 776 2.11 percent
House of Delegates District 16 Republican Candidates
Bill Day was the only Republican on the ballot. He will appear on the November ballot with the top three Democrats, Marc Korman, Ariana Kelly, and Sara Love.
District 16, Democratic Candidates
Marc Korman*, incumbent, 13,593, 24.34 percent
Ariana Kelly*, incumbent, 12,189, 21.82 percent
Sara Love*, 11,294, 20.22 percent
Samir Paul, 11,285, 20.21 percent
Jordan Cooper, 3,613, 6.47 percent
Nuchhi Currier, 2,130, 3.81 percent
Joseph Aloysius Hennessey 1,184, 2.11 percent