Primary Election Roundup: Leggett Wins Democratic Nod for County Executive

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett was criticized by his primary opponents for budget cuts and high taxes, but still came out on top as the Democratic favorite in Tuesday’s primary, defeating Douglas Duncan and Phil Andrews.

Leggett took 45.5 percent of the vote, excluding absentee ballots that have yet to be counted; Duncan took 32.3 percent and Andrews 22.2 percent, according to unofficial election results.

Although Leggett cut county budgets during his current term as county executive, WJLA reports he still earned dozens of endorsements from groups most affected by the decision.

“We made some tough, tough decisions,” Leggett said, according to WJLA. “I think people recognize that we provided excellent leadership under some difficult, difficult circumstances.”

Leggett’s competitors have their concerns.

“We have a county executive who is satisfied with the status quo,” Duncan told WJLA. “And the status quo in Montgomery County right now is that we lead the state in job loss, our schools are overcrowded, and the achievement gap in our schools is widening.”

“If you have excessive salaries and benefits, then you’re going to have excessive taxes, and that’s exactly what we have,” Andrews said, according to WJLA. “We need a county executive who is going to spend our tax dollars like we spend our dollars -- really carefully.”

Leggett will run against Republican Jim Shalleck in November’s general election.

In other primary news, the seat for Montgomery’s District 5 council member will come down to absentee ballots. The race is still neck and neck between Tom Hucker and Evan Glass. Hucker takes a marginal lead with 7,184 votes and Glass follows closely with 6,967 votes -- 38.6 percent versus 37.4 percent.

“Over the course of the campaign I’ve had thousands of conversations with people at their doors and in their living rooms about the direction of our community,” Glass said to Montgomery Community Media in a statement. “I ran a positive campaign focused on listening to the needs of my neighbors in District 5. Every voice matters, which is why I will wait until every vote is counted.”

County council member for District 3 looks to be Sidney Katz, who will leave his post as Gaithersburg’s mayor after 16 years.

“I’m not leaving the area,” Katz said, according to Montgomery Community Media. “I will be as involved and more involved in the community than I have been before.”

His advice in selecting his successor?

“Always remember you are working for the public and these are not your views but your representatives views. You have to keep the public involved,” Katz told Montgomery Community Media.

Returns are unofficial at this point, but the updated results Thursday morning are:

County Executive:

• Democratic - Phil Andrews, 18,091 votes, 22.2 percent
• Democratic - Douglas M. Duncan, 26,348 votes, 32.3 percent
• Democratic - Ike Leggett, 37,047 votes, 45.5 percent
• Republican - Jim Shalleck, 11,092 votes, 100 percent unopposed

• Democratic - Beth Daly, 36,787 votes, 14.6 percent
• Democratic - Marc Elrich, 53,394 votes, 21.2 percent
• Democratic - Nancy M. Floreen, 49,094 votes, 19.4 percent
• Democratic - George L. Levanthal, 42,835 votes, 17.0 percent
• Democratic - Vivian Malloy, 23,829 votes, 9.4 percent
• Democratic - Hans Riemer, 46,473 votes, 18.4 percent
• Republican - Robert Dyer, 10,283 votes, 26.3 percent
• Republican - Chris P. Fiotes Jr., 9,5866 votes, 24.5 percent
• Republican - Adol T. Owen-Williams II, 9,474 votes, 24.2 percent
• Republican - Shelly Skolnick, 9,794 votes, 25.0 percent

• Democratic - Roger Berliner, 16,395 votes, 78.5 percent
• Democratic - Duchy Trachtenberg, 4,487 votes, 21.5 percent
• Republican - Jim Kirkland, 2,611 votes, 100 percent unopposed

• Democratic - Neda Bolourian, 2,007 votes, 23.7 percent
• Democratic - Craig L. Rice, 6,478 votes, 76.3 percent
• Republican - Dick Jurgena, 2,229 votes, 100 percent unopposed

• Democratic - Guled Kassim, 458 votes, 3.4 percent
• Democratic - Sidney A. Katz, 5,578 votes, 40.9 percent
• Democratic - Tom Moore, 4,527 votes, 33.2 percent
• Democratic - Ryan Spiegal, 3,074 votes, 22.5 percent

• Democratic - Nancy Navarro, 11,530 votes, 100 percent unopposed
• Republican - John O’Malley, 2,048 votes, 100 percent unopposed

• Democratic - Christopher Barclay, 1,789 votes, 9.6 percent
• Democratic - Evan Glass, 6,967 votes, 37.4 percent
• Democratic - Tom Hucker, 7,184 votes, 38.6 percent
• Democratic - Terrill North, 1,687 votes, 9.1 percent
• Democratic - Jeffrey Thames, 982 votes, 5.3 percent

• Democratic - John McCarthy, 62,754 votes, 100 percent unopposed
• Republican - Dan Gaskill, 10,364 votes, 100 percent unopposed

• Democratic - Alan Bowser, 23,676 votes, 39.4 percent
• Democratic - Barbara H. Meiklejohn, 36,486 votes, 60.6 percent

• Democratic - Joseph M. Griffin, 60,346 votes, 100 percent unopposed

• Democratic - Tom Falcinelli Jr., 21,205 votes, 35.4 percent
• Democratic - Darren Mark Popkin, 38,693 votes, 64.6 percent

• Darrell Anderson, 32,633 votes, 10.5 percent
• Steve Boliek, 20,794 votes, 6.7 votes
• Chris Bradbury, 32,169 votes, 10.3 percent
• Natalie Farrar, 31,470 votes, 10.1 percent
• Marjorie Goldman, 39,745 votes, 12.8 percent
• Johntel Greene, 24,646 votes, 7.9 percent
• Michael Gruenberg, 29,114 votes, 9.3 percent
• Dave Kunes, 23,903 votes, 7.7 percent
• Pavel Sukhobok, 16,324 votes, 5.2 percent
• Kevin Walling, 26,785 votes, 8.6 percent
• Erin Yeagley, 33,801 votes, 10.9 percent

• Brian Anleu, 3,134 votes, 25.5 percent
• Aruthur Edmunds, 3,645 votes, 29.7 percent
• Pam Queen, 5,488 votes, 44.7 percent

• Anis Ahmed, 1,417 votes, 16.3 percent
• Vanattia W. Vann, 2,371 votes, 27.2 percent
• Kris Verma, 2,122 votes, 24.4 percent
• Timothy Whitehouse, 2,794 votes, 32.1 percent

• Wendy Cohen, 6,959 votes, 46.4 percent
• Loretta Jean Garcia, 4,126, 27.5 percent
• Almina Khorakiwala, 3,911 votes, 26.1 percent

• Julian Haffner, 5,389 votes, 51.4 percent
• Jonathan Prutow, 5,096 votes, 48.6 percent

• Alan Banov, 7,396 votes, 49.8 percent
• Aaron M. Kaufman, 7,446 votes, 50.2 percent

• Hoan Dang, 3,481 votes, 26.2 percent
• Harold N. Diamond, 4,046 votes, 30.4 percent
• Melissa Pinnick, 5,764 votes, 43.4 percent

• Tamika S. Bennett, 5,921 votes, 40.8 percent
• Edward Malcolm Kimmel, 3,896 votes, 26.8 percent
• Jheanelle Wilkins, 4,703 votes, 32.4 percent

• Mumin Barre, 3,981 votes, 48.9 percent
• Juan M. Cardenas, 4,161 votes, 51.1 percent

• Gus Alzona, 9,538 votes, 12.5 percent
• Mike Belan, 9,580 votes, 12.6 percent
• A.J. Cooke, 9,604 votes, 12.6 percent
• Patricia Fenati, 9,853 votes, 12.9 percent
• Lorraine Kuchmy, 9,490 votes, 12.4 percent
• Dwight Patel, 9,425 votes, 12.4 percent
• Tanzi Strafford, 9,262 votes, 12.1 percent
• Mark Uncapher, 9,514 votes, 12.5 percent

• Sam Fenati, 1,435 votes, 16.3 percent
• Joseph P. Gillin, 1,496 votes, 17.0 percent
• Rick Hansen, 1,537 votes, 17.5 percent
• Anne Koutsoutis, 1,362 votes, 15.5 percent
• Kathleen O’Connor, 1,672 votes, 19.0 percent
• John O’Malley, 1,305 votes, 14.8 percent

• Dan Cuda, 1,538 votes, 19.8 percent
• Ed Edmundson, 1,597 votes, 20.6 percent
• Paul Hanerfield, 1,545 votes, 19.9 percent
• Nathan Hauser, 1,518 votes, 19.5 percent
• Dick Jurgena, 1,571 votes, 20.2 percent

• Marcus Alzona, 1,354 votes, 19.9 percent
• Bob Carter, 1,380 votes, 20.2 percent
• Marvin Finley, 1,362 votes, 20.0 percent
• Ann Guthrie Hingston, 1,387 votes, 20.3 percent
• Larry Lesser, 1,337 votes, 19.6 percent

• Michael Higgs, 1,030 votes, 20.6 percent
• Deborah Lambert, 1,023 votes, 20.5 percent
• Liga Michailovs, 968 votes, 19.4 percent
• Adol T. Owen-Williams II, 971 votes, 19.4 percent
• David Roseman, 1,007 votes, 20.1 percent

• Katja Bullock, 1,018, 20.2 percent
• Vincent F. Decain, 1,019, 20.2 percent
• Quinn McCord, 1,001 votes, 19.8 percent
• John Midlen, 1,005 votes, 19.9 percent
• Jean Alexandra Tuttle, 1,006 votes, 19.9 percent

• Jeff Brown, 1,415 votes, 20.2 percent
• Don Irvine, 1,404 votes, 20.1 percent
• Sheldon E. Sacks, 1,376 votes, 19.7 percent
• Martha Schaerr, 1,456 votes, 20.8 percent
• Frederick G. Seelman, 1,344 votes, 19.2 percent

• Corey Golladay, 613 votes, 49.8 percent
• Deanna Stewart, 619 votes, 50.2 percent

• Candice Clough, 946 votes, 24.9 percent
• Gregory Decker, 973 votes, 25.6 percent
• Alirio E. Martinez Jr., 903 votes, 23,8 percent
• Al Phillips, 980 votes, 25.8 percent

• Non-Partisan - Edward Ametetti, 16,237 votes, 20.7 percent
• Non-Partisan - Shebra Evans, 24,746 votes, 31.5 percent
• Non-Partisan - Merry Eisner Heidorn, 10,938 votes, 13.9 percent
• Non-Partisan - Jill Ortman-Fouse, 26,678 votes, 33.9 percent