Some At-Large Seats Remain Too Close To Call in Montgomery Council Primary

Two of the four at-large seats remain too close to call, but all seven District races look set for November. 

Seal of Montgomery County, MarylandAt-Large Seats

In an incredibly crowded 17 way field for four at-large seats on the Montgomery County Council, current County Executive Marc Elrich and incumbent Council Member Laurie-Ann Sayles hold commanding leads and seem likely to move to the November General Election. The other two seats remain too close to call with Scott Evan Goldberg, Fatmata Barrie, Karla Silvestre, all relatively close with mail-in and provisional ballots remaining to be counted. Incumbents Will Jawando and Evan Glass both ran for County Executive, Shebra Evans did not seek reelection.

Sherwin Wells ran unopposed in the Republican primary and will face the final slate of four Democratic nominees.

District Seats

District 1 – Julie Yang (D) beat Drew Morrison and Debbie Spielberg, and will face Reardon “Sully” Sullivan (R) in November. Incumbent Andrew Friedson did not seek reelection in order to run for County Executive.

District 2 – Incumbent Marilyn Balcombe (D) ran unopposed and no Republican candidates filed to run in this race during Tuesday’s primary election. She will be unopposed in November.

District 3 – Jud Ashman (D) beat Allison Eriksen and Izola “Zola” Shaw, and will face Ricky Fai Mui (R) in November. Incumbent Sidney Katz was term limited and could not seek reelection.

District 4 – Incumbent Kate Stewart (D) beat challengers Paula Bienenfeld and Peter “Rocky” Whitesell. No Republican candidates filed to run in this race during Tuesday’s primary election. She will be unopposed in November.

District 5 – Incumbent Kristin Mink (D) beat Charles Kirchman and will face Josephine Salazar (R) in November.

District 6 – Incumbent Natali Fani-González (D) beat Sonia A. Garcia and will face Louella Tham (R) in November.

District 7 – Incumbent Dawne Luedtke (D) beat Sharif Hidayat and Van Free, and will face Harold Maldonado (R) in November.

MACo’s election coverage and analysis rely on unofficial results published by the State Board of Elections. Official results will follow after a full accounting of pending votes. MACo advises readers that any close unofficial results are subject to realignment in the days ahead.