Moderately MOCO is a blog that follows local Montgomery County issues specifically focused on local government and local schools.

We sent our questionnaire to all 2022 candidates for County Executive, County Council, and Board of Education positions. The questionnaire can be found here.


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County Executive

David Blair – D

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Marc Elrich – D

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Peter James – D

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Hans Riemer – D

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County Council At Large

Scott Goldberg – D

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Lenard Lieber – R

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Laurie-Anne Sayles – D

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County Council Districts

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2022 Montgomery County Council Districts

County Council District 1

Andrew Friedson – D

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County Council District 2

Marilyn Balcombe – D

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Dan Cuda – R

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County Council District 3

Rob Wu – D

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County Council District 4

Amy Ginsburg – D

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Troy Murtha – D

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Kate Stewart – D

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John Zittrauer – D

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County Council District 5

Cary Lamari – D

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Fatmata Barrie – D

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William Montier – D

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Jeremiah Pope – D

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County Council District 6

Omar Lazo – D

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Steve Solomon – D

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Christa Tichy – D

https://moderatelymoco.com/christa-tichy-county-council-district-6-candidate-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/

Vicki Vergagni – D

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County Council District 7

Andrew Einsmann – D

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Paul Geller – D

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Jacqueline Manger – D

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Paul Schwartz – D

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Sharif Hidayat – D

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MOCO Board of Education – At Large

Michael Fryar

https://moderatelymoco.com/michael-fryar-board-of-education-at-large-candidate-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/

Domenic Giandomenico

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Karla Silvestre

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MOCO Board of Education Districts

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MOCO Board of Education – District 1

Esther Wells

https://moderatelymoco.com/esther-wells-board-of-education-district-1-candidate-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/



MOCO Board of Education – District 3

Marcus Alzona

https://moderatelymoco.com/marcus-alzona-board-of-education-district-3-candidate-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/

Julie Yang

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Scott Joftus

https://moderatelymoco.com/scott-joftus-moco-boe-district-3-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/


MOCO Board of Education – District 5

Dawn Iannaco-Hahn

https://moderatelymoco.com/dawn-iannaco-hahn-moco-boe-district-5-candidate-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/

Brenda Wolff

https://moderatelymoco.com/brenda-wolff-board-of-education-5-district-incumbent-answers-moderately-moco-2022-candidate-questionnaire/


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