Gaithersburg Announces Unofficial Election Results; Ashman Reelected Mayor

The City of Gaithersburg has announced the unofficial results for its municipal election for mayor and two council member seats. The races show that incumbent Jud Ashman will be reelected as the city’s mayor, a position...

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Watch Live: Candidates Forum for Gubernatorial Primary to Focus on Renters’ Rights, Affordable Housing, Eviction Crisis

The Montgomery County Renters Alliance, in partnership with Montgomery Community Media hosted a candidates’ forum on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 21. The forum included the candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial...

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Foro para las Primarias a Gobernador: Derechos de los Inquilinos, Viviendas y Crisis de Desalojo

La Alianza de inquilinos del condado de Montgomery, en asociación con Montgomery Community Media, organiza un foro de candidatos el martes 21 de septiembre de 6:00 p.m. a 8:30 p.m. El foro incluye a los candidatos para las...

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Sept. 28 Voter Registration Drives on National Voter Registration Day

Tuesday, Sept. 28 is National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan civic holiday first observed in 2012. The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) encourages residents to register to vote and to verify their voter...

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Former NFL Player Tackles Law & Order

Robert Bass used to suit up for the Bears and the Packers. Now he wants to add a badge to his wardrobe, according to his campaign’s FaceBook page.  A Silver Spring resident, Bass, 50, joins the race for Montgomery County...

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Former DNC Chair Tom Perez Enters Maryland Gubernatorial Race

Tom Perez, who recently completed his term as chair of the Democratic National Committee, announced on Wednesday that he is running for governor of Maryland. Perez, a resident of Takoma Park, announced his bid on social media,...

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October 24, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Election Talk: The Maryland Governor’s Race

Josh Kurtz, founder of the MarylandMatters.org website, talks with MCM reporter Doug Tallman about the Maryland governor’s race, with Republican incumbent Larry Hogan facing off against Democratic challenger Ben Jealous.

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October 24, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Election Talk: Sixth Congressional District

Josh Kurtz, the founder of MarylandMatters.org, stopped by the Montgomery Community Media offices to talk politics with MCM reporter Doug Tallman. In this segment, the two discuss the Sixth District race of David Trone, the Democrat, and Amie Hoeber, the Republican.

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October 24, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Election Talk: Montgomery County Executive’s Race

Josh Kurtz, the founder of MarylandMatters.org, stopped by the Montgomery Community Media offices to talk politics. In this segment, Kurtz and MCM reporter Doug Tallman discuss the county executive’s race. We also talked about the Sixth Congressional District. Election Talk: Sixth Congressional District And the Maryland governor’s race. Election Talk: The Maryland Governor’s Race Voter […]

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October 23, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Democrat Ashman Makes Case for Republican Hogan

Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman addressed as many as 200 people Tuesday night, exhorting the crowd to vote for the re-election of Gov. Larry Hogan. Ashman has crossed party lines in his endorsement, in a county about as deep a blue as Maryland gets. The mayor told the crowd, gathered in Gaithersburg’s new Spectrum neighborhood, that […]

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October 5, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Workers Spotted Crushing Floreen Political Sign

Montgomery County employees destroyed two large political signs for county executive candidate Nancy Floreen on Thursday in Silver Spring, but as the sign came down red flags went up among Floreen supporters. The sign was in a garden in front of Lee Plaza at Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road. Surveillance images show members of the […]

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October 3, 2018 | Staff Writer

Floreen: ‘I Don’t Think We’ve Done Enough to Advance Us’

Councilmember Nancy Floreen, the former Democrat who is running as an independent in the Nov. 6 county executive race, reflects on her performance in Monday’s forum with opponents Councilmember Marc Elrich (D) and Robin Ficker (R).

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October 3, 2018 | Staff Writer

Ficker: ‘Tax Increase Specialists Are Over Represented in Our County’

Robin Ficker, the Republican nominee for county executive in the Nov. 6 county executive race, reflects on his performance in Monday’s forum with opponents Councilmember Marc Elrich (D) and Councilmember Nancy Floreen (I).

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October 3, 2018 | Staff Writer

Marc Elrich on the street

Elrich: ‘I Think I Laid Out a Pretty Rational Case’

Councilmember Marc Elrich, the Democratic nominee in the Nov. 6 county executive race, reflects on his performance in Monday’s forum with opponents Robin Ficker (R) and Councilmember Nancy Floreen (I).  

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October 2, 2018 | Staff Writer

Ficker and Floreen Weigh in On Immigration in Montgomery County

During Monday’s County Executive candidate forum, moderator Tom Sherwood asked Nancy Floreen and Robin Ficker  a question about immigrants facing deportation proceedings. Tom Sherwood asked, “Montgomery County has identified $370 thousand dollars to support the efforts to provide legal representation for low income immigrants and children facing deportation proceedings.What more should the county do?” Here […]

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October 2, 2018 | Staff Writer

Marc Elrich and Nancy Floreen Quiz Each Other at Monday’s County Executive Forum

Montgomery Community Media hosted a forum with the three candidates for the County’s next executive. Nancy Floreen, Robin Ficker, and Marc Elrich all responded to questions from Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood. The forum was held at MCM’s studios in Rockville Monday, Oct. 1. In the final minutes, Kojo Nnamdi gave Marc Elrich and Nancy […]

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