Updated voter guide for the general election!
Don’t want cell towers 30 feet (or less) from your bedroom?
VOTE! BY November 8, 2022
Voter Guide to candidates who support residents’ interests when it comes to cell towers
County Council and County Executive general election, Montgomery County, MD
Legend
Pledged specific actions to
prioritize residents’ interests
Supportive of residents’
interests
None: No candidate
supportive
County Council At-large:
(Vote for up to 4 [1])
Lenard Lieber (R) Supportive
Laurie-Anne Sayles (D) Supportive
County Council District 1: None
County Council District 2: None
County Council District 3:
Sidney Katz (D) Supportive
County Council District 4:
Cheryl Riley (R) Pledged
Kate Stewart (D) Supportive
County Council District 5: None
County Council District 6: None
County Council District 7:
Harold Maldonado (R) Pledged
County Executive [2]:
Marc Elrich (D) Supportive
Attachments and Links:
- Print our updated Voter Guide and flyer: 2022-general-election-guide.pdf
- Complete pledge document, including background rationale: 2022-moco-council-pledge.pdf
- Statements from Council candidates, in response to pledge: County-Council-Candidate-Statements.pdf
- Detailed backup info for each candidate as of October 30: Detailed-backup-for-each-candidate.pdf
- See the July 2022 press release from the primary election in which almost 40% of the candidates supported residents’ interests!
- Not sure which district you live in after recent redistricting? Click here to see the map
Notes:
- See https://techwisemocomd.org/election-2022/ for complete pledge details.
- Candidates who have voted against residents’ interests: Gabe Albornoz (D-At large), Evan Glass (D-At large), Andrew Friedson (D-District 1), Will Jawando (D-At large). Reardon Sullivan (R-County Executive) has said he agrees with their policy.
- The following candidates kindly responded to our inquiry but did not take a position: Marilyn Balcombe (D-District 2) and Christopher Fiotes (R-At large).
- Other candidates for County Council not listed above were contacted multiple times and did not reply.
- Candidate positions based on their written statements, voting record, and statements in public forums.
1 In the at-large race, “bullet voting” (voting for fewer than 4 candidates) can help a voter’s favored candidate(s).
2 County Executive candidates were not asked to sign Council pledge. Mr. Elrich has a track record of supporting residents’ interests on wireless zoning: he proposed alternatives to ZTA 19-07 and opposed ZTA 22-01.
Attachments and Links:
- Print our updated Voter Guide and flyer: 2022-general-election-guide.pdf
- Complete pledge document, including background rationale: 2022-moco-council-pledge.pdf
- Statements from Council candidates, in response to pledge: County-Council-Candidate-Statements.pdf
- Detailed backup info for each candidate as of October 30: Detailed-backup-for-each-candidate.pdf
- See the July 2022 press release from the primary election in which almost 40% of the candidates supported residents’ interests!
- Not sure which district you live in after recent redistricting? Click here to see the map
- See https://techwisemocomd.org/election-2022/ for complete pledge details.
- Candidates who have voted against residents’ interests: Gabe Albornoz (D-At large), Evan Glass (D-At large), Andrew Friedson (D-District 1), Will Jawando (D-At large). Reardon Sullivan (R-County Executive) has said he agrees with their policy.
- The following candidates kindly responded to our inquiry but did not take a position: Marilyn Balcombe (D-District 2) and Christopher Fiotes (R-At large).
- Other candidates for County Council not listed above were contacted multiple times and did not reply.
- Candidate positions based on their written statements, voting record, and statements in public forums.
1 In the at-large race, “bullet voting” (voting for fewer than 4 candidates) can help a voter’s favored candidate(s).
2 County Executive candidates were not asked to sign Council pledge. Mr. Elrich has a track record of supporting residents’ interests on wireless zoning: he proposed alternatives to ZTA 19-07 and opposed ZTA 22-01.
Attachments and Links:
- Print our updated Voter Guide and flyer: 2022-general-election-guide.pdf
- Complete pledge document, including background rationale: 2022-moco-council-pledge.pdf
- Statements from Council candidates, in response to pledge: County-Council-Candidate-Statements.pdf
- Detailed backup info for each candidate as of October 30: Detailed-backup-for-each-candidate.pdf
- See the July 2022 press release from the primary election in which almost 40% of the candidates supported residents’ interests!
- Not sure which district you live in after recent redistricting? Click here to see the map
