Montgomery County Election: Council, Executive Races

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Maryland primary elections are Tuesday, July 19 and races for Montgomery County Executive and County Council are on the ballot.

Along with County Council, statewide races are on the ballot, including those for governor, comptroller and attorney general. Other Montgomery County races on the ballot are for school board and sheriff.

Voters can see which districts they live in by using this tool. That resource also tells Marylanders their:

• Ballot dropbox locations
• Early voting centers
• Election day polling place
• Registration status
• Party affiliation
• Current state and federal representatives

Election day polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19. Any mail-in ballots for the primaries must be postmarked or placed in the appropriate box by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.

In Montgomery County, a County Council district means a geographic area in which an elected member of the council must live. In Montgomery County, there are seven district members and three at-large members of the council.

There were a few last-minute changes before the filing deadline in April, including Tom Hucker changing his bid from county executive to a bid for the County Council. Two county executive candidates — Shelly Skolnick and Reardon Sullivan — filed shortly before the deadline.

See more details on more filings here.

Here are the people who filed for candidacy with the State Board of Elections for Montgomery County Executive and County Council.

County Executive

• Shelly Skolnick , Republican
• Reardon Sullivan, Republican
• David T. Blair, Democratic
• Marc Elrich, Democratic (incumbent)*
• Peter James, Democratic
• Hans Riemer, Democratic
• Devin Battley, Green (Candidacy for General Election Only)

County Council At Large

• Christopher P. Fiotes, Republican
• Lenard Lieber, Republican
• Dwight Patel, Republican
• Gabe Albornoz, Democratic (incumbent)*
• Brandy H. M. Brooks, Democratic
• Dana E. Gassaway, Democratic
• Evan Glass, Democratic (incumbent)*
• Scott Evan Goldberg, Democratic
• Tom Hucker, Democratic
• Will Jawando, Democratic (incumbent)*
• Laurie-Anne Sayles, Democratic
• Dan Robinson, Green (Seeking the Nomination to appear in the General Election Only)

County Council

* Candidates are listed in the district they are running for in the 2022 elections.

District 1

• Andrew Friedson, Democratic (incumbent)*

District 2

• Dan Cuda, Republican
• Marilyn Balcombe, Democratic
• Lorna Phillips Forde, Democratic
• William Roberts, Democratic

District 3

• George Hernandez, Republican
• Tiquia J. Bennett, Democratic
• Sidney A. Katz, Democratic (incumbent)*
• Robert Wu, Democratic

District 4

• Chery Riley, Republican
• Al Carr, Democratic
• Amy Ginsburg, Democratic
• Troy Murtha, Democratic
• Kate Stewart, Democratic
• John F. Zittrauer, Democratic
• Paula Bienenfeld, Unaffiliated (Candidacy for General Election Only)

District 5

• Kate Woody, Republican
• Brian Anleu, Democratic
• Fatmata Barrie, Democratic
• Christopher Bolton, Democratic
• Daniel Amara Koroma, Democratic
• Cary Lamari, Democratic
• Kristin Mink, Democratic
• William "Chip" Montier, Democratic
• Jeremiah Pope, Democratic

District 6

• Viet H. Doan, Republican
• Natali Fani Gonzalez, Democratic
• Omar Lazo, Democratic
• Maricé Morales, Democratic
• Brit Siman-Tov, Democratic
• Steve Solomon, Democratic
• Christa Tichy, Democratic
• Mark Trullinger, Democratic
• Vicki S. Vergagni, Democratic

District 7

• Harold C. Maldonado, Republican
• Andrew A. Einsmann, Democratic
• Paul Geller, Democratic
• Sharif A. Hidayat, Democratic
• Dawn Luedtke, Democratic
• Jacqueline Manger, Democratic
• Paul K. Schwartz, Democratic
• Ben Wikner, Democratic