Montgomery Community Media

1. Elrich Becomes County Executive Voters roared in 2016, passing term limits on County Council members and the county executive. In 2018, the voters continued to roar. First, in the Democratic primary, voters winnowed a list of 38 candidates down to four in the council’s at-large race. Next, voters chose Marc Elrich as their party’s choice […]

The Election Talk 2018 Panel aired on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The panel was hosted by MCM’s Doug Tallman. The panel included Susan Heltemes, a political strategist; Sean Winkler, a Maryland political consultant and lobbyist; and Valerie Ervin, a former Maryland Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate. Watch recaps from the episode below. Here the panel discusses whether, or […]

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 […]

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).

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 […]

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 […]

Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood moderated the Oct. 1st Montgomery County Executive forum hosted by Montgomery Community Media (MCM). The forum was held in MCM’s studios and broadcast live. All three of the candidates for Montgomery County’s next Executive participated. The candidates included March Elrich (D), Robin Ficker (R), and Nancy Floreen (I). Photos from […]

The three candidates for Montgomery County executive met Monday night in the Montgomery Community Media studios to talk transportation, education and economic development. Here’s a recap of the evening: And here’s the full forum:

Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood moderate a Montgomery County executive forum in Rockville Monday. Nnamdi, host of WAMU’s “The Politics Hour,” shares the microphone with resident political analyst Tom Sherwood. Sherwood is a former political reporter for NBC4 and The Washington Post. The three candidates running for Montgomery County executive are the Democratic nominee Marc Elrich (D), […]

The three candidates running for Montgomery County executive will appeared in a forum at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) Studios Monday, Oct. 1. You may watch the forum below: The candidates — Marc Elrich (D), Robin Ficker (R), and Nancy Floreen (I) — seek the seat held by Ike Leggett, who will leave office in December […]