MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

ELECTION RETURNS

PRIMARY ELECTION
JUNE 23, 2026

COUNTY EXECUTIVE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Mithun Banerjee 2,996
Andrew M. Friedson 44,520
Evan M. Glass 29,006
Peter James 2,106
William (Will) Jawando* 52,744
Total 131,372

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Shelly Skolnick 4,423
Esther L. Wells* 6,850
Total 11,273

COUNTY COUNCIL

DISTRICT 1

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Drew Morrison 4,670
Debbie Spielberg 8,111
Julie Yang* 11,919
Total 24,700

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Reardon (Sully) Sullivan* 1,658

DISTRICT 2

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Marilyn Balcombe* 13,403

REPUBLICAN PARTY
(no candidate filed)

DISTRICT 3

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Jud B. Ashman* 7,610
Allison Eriksen 1,689
Izola T. (Zola) Shaw 7,274
Total 16,573

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Ricky Fai Mui* 1,300

DISTRICT 4

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Paula Bienenfeld 2,377
Kathleen M. (Kate) Stewart* 18,147
Peter (Rocky) Whitesell 1,532
Total 22,056

REPUBLICAN PARTY
(no candidate filed)

DISTRICT 5

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Charles Kirchman 2,761
Kristin Mink* 14,166
Total 16,927

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Josephine Salazar* 1,352

DISTRICT 6

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Natali Fani-Gonzalez* 9,381
Sonia A. Garcia 5,052
Total 14,433

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Louella Tham* 1,016

DISTRICT 7

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Van Free 2,073
Sharif A. Hidayat 2,764
Dawn Luedtke* 9,712
Total 14,549

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Harold C. Maldonado* 2,356

AT LARGE
(vote for 4)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Fatmata Barrie 46,225
Josie Caballero 41,813
Radwan Chowdhury 8,985
Marc B. Elrich* 66,706
Dana E. Gassaway 8,216
Scott Evan Goldberg* 53,907
Hamza Sarwar Khan 11,272
Matt Losak 5,722
James F. McNulty 25,965
Jeremiah Pope 21,354
Laurie-Anne Sayles* 57,409
Prabu Selvam 17,177
Karla Silvestre* 47,399
Steve Solomon 15,152
Lelia B. True 11,959
Vicki S. Vergagni 6,847
Muhammad Arif Wali 6,849
Total 452,957

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Sherwin Wells* 10,372

STATE'S ATTORNEY

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
John J. McCarthy* 111,992

REPUBLICAN PARTY
(no candidate filed)

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Karen A. Bushell* 111,381

REPUBLICAN PARTY
(no candidate filed)

SHERIFF

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Will Milam* 71,722
Maxwell Cornelius Uy 37,917
Total 109,639

REPUBLICAN PARTY
(no candidate filed)

REGISTER OF WILLS

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Alan S. Bowser 25,308
Paul J. Dollahite 35,590
Barbara Ebel* 43,428
Total 104,326

REPUBLICAN PARTY
T. Dolores Reyes* 10,265

* = winner

Source: Montgomery County Board of Elections

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