MOCO Executive, Council, School Board Elections: See Who's Running

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Maryland primary elections are July 19 and there are races for county executive, County Council, the Board of Education and a variety of other positions in Montgomery County.

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.

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

See more details on more filings here.

County Executive

Shelly Skolnick
Republican

Reardon Sullivan
Republican

David T. Blair
Democratic

Marc Elrich (incumbent)
Democratic

Peter James
Democratic

Hans Riemer
Democratic

Devin Battley (Candidacy for General Election Only)
Green

County Council At Large

Christopher P. Fiotes
Republican

Lenard Lieber
Republican

Dwight Patel
Republican

Gabe Albornoz
Democratic

Brandy H. M. Brooks
Democratic

Dana E. Gassaway
Democratic

Evan Glass
Democratic

Scott Evan Goldberg
Democratic

Tom Hucker
Democratic

Will Jawando
Democratic

Laurie-Anne Sayles
Democratic

Dan Robinson (Seeking the Nomination to appear in the General Election Only)
Green

County Council

*Candidates are listed in the district they are running for in the 2022 elections.
District 1

Andrew Friedson
Democratic

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

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 (Candidacy for General Election Only)
Unaffiliated

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 5

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

Board of Education

All candidates are listed as non-partisan.

At-Large

Mike Erickson

Michael Fryar

J. "Domenic" Giandomenico

Karla Silvestre

District 1

Alexander Fahmy

Jay Guan

Grace Rivera Oven

Esther L. Wells

District 3

Marcus Alzona

Scott Joftus

Julie Yang

District 5
Valerie M. Coll

Dawn Iannaco-Hahn

Brenda Wolff