Montgomery County Candidate Responses
AIM asked all the candidates for Montgomery County Executive and Montgomery County Council ten questions about how they would address our priorities if elected: well-being for immigrants, affordable housing, and clean, affordable home energy. See how the candidates responded!
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Candidates for County Executive
Candidate Mithun Banerjee
Candidate Andrew Friedson
Candidate Evan Glass
Candidate Peter James
Candidate Will Jawando
Candidate Shelly Skolnick
Shelly Skolnick did not submit responses to the candidate questionnaire.
Candidate Esther Wells
Candidates for County Council (At-Large)
Candidate Fatmata Barrie
Candidate Josie Caballero
Candidate Radwan Chowdhury
Candidate Marc Elrich
Candidate Dana Gassaway
Candidate Scott Goldberg
Candidate Hamza Khan
Candidate Matt Losak
Candidate Jim McNulty
Candidate Jeremiah Pope
Candidate Laurie-Anne Sayles
Candidate Prabu Selvam
Candidate Karla Silvestre
Candidate Steve Solomon
Candidate Lelia True
Candidate Vicki Vergagni
Candidate Arif Wali
Candidates for County Council (District 1)
Candidate Drew Morrison
Candidate Debbie Spielberg
Candidate Julie Wang
Candidates for County Council (District 3)
Candidate Jud Ashman
Candidate Allison Eriksen
Candidate Ricky Fai Mui
Ricky Fai Mui did not submit responses to the candidate questionnaire.
Candidate Izola Shaw
Candidates for County Council (District 4)
Candidate Paula Bienenfeld
Candidate Kate Stewart
Candidate Rocky Whitesell
Candidates for County Council (District 5)
Candidate Charles Kirchman
Candidate Kristin Mink
Candidate Josephine Salazar
Josephine Salazar did not submit responses to the candidate questionnaire.
Candidates for County Council (District 6)
Candidate Natali Fani-Gonzalez
Candidate Sonia Garcia
Candidate Louella Tham
Louella Tham did not submit responses to the candidate questionnaire.
Candidates for County Council (District 7)
Candidate Van Free
Van Free did not submit responses to the candidate questionnaire.
Candidate Sharif Hidayat
Sharif Hidayat did not submit responses to the candidate questionnaire.
Candidate Dawn Luedtke
Candidate Harold Maldonado
AIM is a 501c(3) nonpartisan organization and does not endorse any candidates. All responses are candidates’ exact submissions and were not modified. Spanish and French translations were generated using Claude AI.