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In the Montgomery County Board of Education primary, Morris Panner took the No. 2 spot for the At-Large ballot; Fred Evans and Rebecca Smondrowski took the top spots for District 2.
Although the Republican presidential primary bolstered Maryland into national headlines Tuesday, locally Montgomery County voters also narrowed the field for the Board of Education’s general election in November. The unofficial results show that Phil Kauffman and Morris Panner beat out the two other candidates on the ballot to advance to the general election for the at-large seat. Kauffman received 60.3 percent of the vote, and Panner received 17 percent of the vote. The next runner-up, Lou August, received 11.9 percent of the vote. "I am really honored to have received the support I did," Panner, a resident of the Town of Somerset in Chevy Chase, told Chevy Chase Patch. "It is such an important time in our [c]ounty's history and a …
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9:41 am on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
FYI, along with new boundaries for the Congressional and State districts, the board of education district boundaries have changed as well. The Winston Churchill cluster is now in district 3 and served by Patricia O'Neill. more ›
Incumbents Cummings, Harris, Ruppersberger, and Sarbanes also lock up primary wins.
UPDATED (11:15 p.m.)— Mitt Romney has won the Maryland Republican presidential primary, according to multiple news outlets. At 11 p.m., Romney leads Rick Santorum 91,402 (48 percent) to 57,299 (30 percent) with 1,281 of 1,851 precincts reporting. "I voted for Romney, he's the lesser of the evils," said Lisa Watts of Darnestown, MD. Chuck Duvall also of Darnestown, said he voted for Ron Paul, but expected Romney to win the Maryland primary. Both he and his wife, Ruth, said they planned to support Romney against Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama even though he wasn't their primary selection. A Romney win in Maryland was not unexpected. CNN declared Romney the winner at 8 p.m. when polls in Maryland and Washington closed. “Maryland’…
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The 2011 decision that moved Maryland's primary election day to April also caused it to coincide with Montgomery County Public Schools' spring break and may have contributed to a low reported voter turnout in Montgomery County, MD.
Updated, 11:30 a.m.: Spring break may be partially to blame for low voter turnout throughout Montgomery County during Tuesday’s primary elections. While Montgomery County traditionally sees turnout around 20 percent during primary elections, according to Board of Elections member Nahid Khozeimeh, Tuesday's voter turnout totaled much lower at 14.79 percent. Many polling officials and campaign representatives worried that spring break played a large part in the low turnout, with longtime election judges, campaigners and voters spending the week before Easter and Passover on vacation with families. “We’re probably looking at single digit returns,” Majorie Roher, public information officer for the county's Board of Elections, guessed on …
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10:16 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Does anyone think an Open Primary would be better and improve voter turn out? more ›
Check out the charts below for preliminary results in Tuesday's primary elections.
Sen. Ben Cardin easily won the Democratic primary Tuesday for U.S. Senate, far outpacing his closest challenger, state Sen. C. Anthony Muse of Prince George’s County. Cardin, 68, will run for his second term against the winner of the Republican primary—which, as of 10 p.m., was a tight race between candidates Dan Bogino and Richard J. Douglas. Incumbent candidates easily won their Congressional primaries throughout the state. Republican Rep. Andy Harris in District 1 and Democrat C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger in District 2 ran unopposed in their primary races. Republican state Sen. Nancy C. Jacobs of Harford County was winning her party's primary Tuesday and was the likely contender to take on Ruppersberger in November. It is unclear what …
Early unofficial results are in for Maryland's primary.
Update, 10:31 p.m.: Rep. Chris Van Hollen continues to hold the lead in the Democratic congressional primary with almost 90 percent of the votes. While, Democratic challenger George English has about ten percent of the votes. On the Republican side, Ken Timmerman continues to lead with almost 45 percent of the votes, followed by Dave Wallace with slightly more than 36 percent of the votes. In the Maryland senate race, incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin still holds a commanding lead of the Democratic primary with 73 percent of the votes, with the closest challenger, Maryland State Sen. Anthony Muse pulling in almost 16 percent so far. Original Story: The night isn't over, but with early, unofficial results reported incumbent Rep. Chris Van Hollen …
8:34 am on Saturday, May 5, 2012
I REALLY can't believe how dumb people are. Van Hollen and Cardin are part of the PROBLEM, they are not even close to being any sort of solution. The dems have not come up with a budget in 3 yrs, but then they say the GOP is anti american, anti woman, anti employment, anti clean air, and clean water, etc etc. I am so glad I left the dumbocrap party after 30 yrs. People like cardin and van hollen… more ›
Republican and Democratic voters in Wheaton tell Patch why they cast their ballot this morning in the Maryland primary election.
Patch went to the polls Tuesday morning in Wheaton to hear directly from voters about why they turned out for the primary election. At Holiday Park Senior Center on Ferrara Drive “I fear for the future of my country and my grandchildren,” 64-year-old retiree Gilbert Keller said. Keller is a registered Republican, and he answered confidently that he had cast his vote for Ron Paul. But when it came to local elections, Keller was less certain. “I don’t really know who to vote for in the Board of Education, which is a shame,” he said. “I just picked a name and voted. Hopefully it’s a good one.” Several voters at Holiday Park Senior Center mentioned abortion as a central concern. Olga Fairfax, 72, said she was once a Democrat and an ordained …
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Judges at three polling centers say voters have slowly trickled in.
Election judges at polling centers in Wheaton reported low turnout this morning for primary elections in a year when only the county’s Republican minority faces a choice for the GOP presidential ticket. Arthur Glover, who has acted as an election judge since 2004, said that the morning turnout at Holiday Senior Center on Ferrara Drive had been fairly light, with no one waiting in line outside when the polls opened at 7 a.m. “The general election though, that’s something different,” he said. “We had a steady trickle this morning, but it’s going to be a low turnout,” said Guinnevere Roberts, an election judge at Wheaton High School. “There’s nothing on the ballot except for the Republican presidential candidates and the Board of Education…
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3:11 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Maybe more people would turn out to vote if they had a better choice of candidates. Like Hunt, I don't have children in the public schools (oldest daughter just graduated), but know we need people in office who care about more than just getting elected. I agree with the substitute teacher who said they wanted to help make a change. I voted for Jean Ellinport cuz she seemed like someone new who … more ›
Check out the candidates for tomorrow's primary election in Maryland.
Primary election day is Tuesday and both Democrats and Republicans are vying for Rep. Chris Van Hollen's District 8 Congressional seat. Incumbent Van Hollen is still the most visible Democrat but he does have a challenger in the primary. There are also four Republicans in race for the chance to face the Democratic winner in November. Here are the candidates: Democrats: Republicans:
8:39 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Beth- If you think teachers union approved candidates are the way to go, you can also explain to me how the education budget is twice what it was 10 years ago, but the outcomes are the same or worse..... I voted for any candidate who stated they wanted to end the maintenance of effort fraud more ›
Danila Sheveiko
4:54 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
Thanks for the discussion - certainly very informative. You did not, however, discuss the $4 million for Westfield's Costco project that includes a gas station - slated to be the busiest in Mongtomery County by far - shoehorned next to outdoor swim & tennis club, single-family residences, and the Down-County school for children with special needs, including oxygen tanks. Please see uploaded … more ›