Montgomery Community Media

The 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election may be over a year away but several candidates are already off and running in Montgomery County. On Feb. 28, Germantown resident Tom Ferleman, a Republican, became the first candidate to file his paperwork for the election of 2018 in Montgomery County. Ferleman was at the Board of Elections offices […]

A 50-year-old Germantown Republican has entered the District 2 Montgomery County Council race with a “bring jobs home” campaign. “Thousands of jobs crawl down I-270. Those jobs aren’t local anymore,” said Tom Ferleman, who unveiled his campaign Friday. Ferleman, a strategy and innovation consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, said he wanted to boost the county’s […]

The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) has elected Jheanelle Wilkins to fill the vacant Maryland state delegate seat for Maryland’s 20th Legislative District covering Silver Spring and Takoma Park. Wilkins will succeed former Delegate Will Smith, who will serve the remaining term in the office of State Senator for District 20 after the seat […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, State Senator Susan Lee talks about how she plans to work with Donald Trump when he enters the White House.

During the Democratic election night watch party, MyMCMedia interviewed Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich about his reaction to the 2016 Presidential Election. In this extra video, Councilmember Elrich says this past election revealed a country that’s deeply divided: .@Marc_Elrich talks the 2016 Presidential Election & how it has shown the country is deeply divided. Also […]

Democrat Jamie Raskin was elected to represent Maryland’s eighth congressional district. This victory comes after the previous Democratic Rep., Chris Van Hollen, vacated his seat to run for Senate. In this extra video, one local resident explains how Raskin inspired him to vote in this election:  

Over 11 percent of Montgomery County’s 727,138 registered voters, or 72,173 voters, have cast their ballots early in the Presidential General Election. Early voting began on Oct. 27 and it continues at ten locations across Montgomery County thru Nov. 3. So far, the busiest polling place has been the Silver Spring Civic Building. In the […]

The Presidential General Election is days away and Montgomery County voters are going to decide if there should be term limits for the offices of County Executive and County Council. My MCMedia caught up with former County Councilmember Valerie Ervin on why she doesn’t agree with term limits, (see below):

During a recent conversation with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican, and Comptroller Peter Franchot, a Democrat, it appeared the two state leaders agree on a lot of state and local issues from a post-Labor Day school start to funding for Metro to liquor control. But one issue they do not agree upon is term […]

Muslim and Indian communities will host Congressman John Delaney for a conversation about community priorities on Oct. 16 in North Potomac. It’s the first time that Muslims and Indians of non-Muslim heritage have partnered exclusively for a political event in Montgomery County. Organizers say they encourage both Muslim and non-Muslim Indians of the community to […]