Montgomery Community Media

World of Montgomery Citizen of the Year Award Winner Bruce Adams, Director of the Montgomery County Office of Community Partnerships and former County Councilmember, visited the MCM studios June 24 after the polls closed and spoke with Susan Kenedy about voter turnout, the county executive race and more. See the video here:

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts this live cut-in before the polls closed on Primary Election Day. This report includes interviews with the candidates about early voting and a live remote with Michael Bruem from the Board of Elections.

When Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz leaves the post he’s held for 16 years to take his seat on the Montgomery County Council he won’t need a moving truck to pack up his things. After 16 years as mayor and 20 years on the city council, Katz said he has just one photograph given to him […]

Montgomery County Council incumbents are likely to get out of the primary unscathed, but there is still uncertainty in the open District 5 race where it will come down to absentee ballots for Evan Glass and Tom Hucker. Just 217 votes separate Silver Spring community activist Glass and Maryland Delegate Hucker, according to the unofficial […]

It appears Ike Leggett has gotten the Democratic voters’ nod for another term as Montgomery County Executive. A dismal 16.23 percent of eligible voters turned out to the polls. That’s just 102,263 Montgomery County voters from an eligible pool of 630,254. Leggett earned 37,047 of those votes or 45.46 percent, according to the unofficial results […]

Unofficial election results have Ike Leggett winning back his seat as Montgomery County Executive, but many other races are still too close to call. In the Delegate 17 race: This is a close one:House of Delegates District 17- Barve, (2,271); Gilchrist, (1,748); Hoffmann, (1,699); Platt, (1,778) — MyMCMedia (@mymcmedia) June 25, 2014 In the race […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts this live cut-in from the studios of Montgomery Community Media on primary election night right before the polls close. In this report, CCM’s Michael Bruen interviews Marjorie Roher at the Board of Elections about what’s happening there. And, Sonya Burke interviews Communications Consultant Steve Simon on set about what the low […]

For the incumbents early voters were a friendly bunch. County Executive Ike Leggett got 50 percent of the early votes in his bid to hold onto his seat netting a total of 8,114. Democratic challengers Doug Duncan got 4,525 early votes to Phil Andrews 3,403. In the race for the at-large seat on the Montgomery […]

Tweets, posts and hashtags play an increasing role in getting elected. We talk with some of the candidates about their social media strategy. Plus, we hear from Loretta Knight, who is stepping down as Clerk of the Circuit Court in Montgomery County. MCM’s Sonya Burke and Valerie Bonk report.

Sonya Burke and Susan Kenedy anchor live coverage of the Primary Election. Julie Little Rios, Valerie Bonk and Mike Bruen will provide live on-the-scene coverage from various locations around the county. Connect on social media with #MoCoVote @mymcmedia Watch a recording of the coverage here: #MoCoVote @mymcmedia