Exclusive election night interview with Jawando campaign volunteer Alex

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Alex, 20, volunteered for Will Jawando’s campaign for Montgomery County Executive. Jawando was elected with 78.12% of the vote, according to unofficial results. Moderately MOCO talked with Alex on election night. The interview is also on Facebook and Instagram. Interview by Jason Makstein for Moderately MOCO. ‘An amazing journey’ AskedContinue Reading

Exclusive election night interview with Milan van Dam and Samir Ahmed

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Milan van Dam, national chair of the High School Democrats of America and a member of the Democratic National Committee’s executive committee, and Samir Ahmed, chairman of the Maryland High School Democrats, according to their Instagram profiles, talked with Moderately MOCO on election night about young people in politics. AhmedContinue Reading

Exclusive election night interview with Scott Goldberg

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Scott Evan Goldberg, a Democrat, won one of the four at-large seats on the Montgomery County Council, according to unofficial results. Moderately MOCO talked with Goldberg on election night, before any results had come in, about what he wants to do on the Council. The interview is also on FacebookContinue Reading

Exclusive election night interview with Marc Elrich

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Marc Elrich, Montgomery County’s outgoing County Executive, won one of the four at-large seats on the County Council with 22.91% of the at-large vote, according to unofficial results. Voters could choose up to four candidates. Moderately MOCO talked with Elrich on election night about why he’s going back to theContinue Reading

Exclusive election night interview with Will Jawando

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Will Jawando was elected Montgomery County Executive with 77.90% of the vote, according to unofficial results. Moderately MOCO talked with Jawando on election night about what he plans to do first. The interview is also on Facebook and Instagram. Interview by Jason Makstein for Moderately MOCO. First, the team AskedContinue Reading

Gaithersburg new mayor expected Nov. 9 as Jud Ashman heads to the County Council

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Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman won the Montgomery County Council District 3 seat on Nov. 3, which means the city is about to change mayors. Under a plan the city announced in October, City Council Member Lisa Henderson is expected to be sworn in as mayor at a special session onContinue Reading

Goldberg, Sayles, Silvestre and Elrich win Montgomery County Council at-large seats, unofficial results

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Scott Evan Goldberg, Laurie-Anne Sayles, Karla Silvestre and Marc Elrich won the four at-large seats on the Montgomery County Council, according to unofficial State Board of Elections results as of 10:31 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Sherwin Wells finished fifth, 127,946 votes behind Elrich. Moderately MOCO is calling the race basedContinue Reading