Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A wide-open field is beginning to form, including some familiar names.
In politics, the campaign season—and the speculation about the next election—never ends. It just stops for a brief intermission. We call that Election Day. With 2012 in the rear view and 2014 shaping up to be a wide-open race for Montgomery County Executive, candidates—and potential candidates—are gearing up. The early race hit a higher gear on Wednesday as Patch’s Sebastian Montes reported that Douglas M. Duncan, a Democrat, is telling supporters that he will run to reclaim the County Executive post he held from 1994 to 2006. Other familiar names could be on the primary ballot. County Councilman George L. Leventhal (D-At large) of Takoma Park held a 50th birthday party fundraiser last week to support his run for County Executive, The …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The longtime Twinbrook resident is credited with starting her son in politics.
Eleanor June Duncan, a former courthouse clerk and Democrat Party activist who raised 13 children in a home in Twinbrook, including former Rockville mayor, longtime Montgomery County Executive and one-time gubernatorial candidate Douglas M. Duncan, died Sunday of natural causes. She was 86. The family will receive friends at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 520 Veirs Mill Road, in Rockville from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Friday at the church with interment to follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Rockville. Click here for more details from the Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Home. Douglas Duncan credited his mother with getting him involved in politics. “She never ran for office, but …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Focus for now is Delaney's congressional bid, former county executive says.
Douglas M. Duncan said Tuesday nothing has changed as he contemplates his political future. “I’m looking at all my options,” Duncan said in a telephone interview. His comments followed a NewsChannel 8 report that he is narrowing his focus on a run for state comptroller or a bid to return as Montgomery County Executive. “I’m not running for governor, not running for Congress,” Duncan, the county executive from 1995 through 2007, told Rockville Patch. Duncan said he’s not particularly focused on the crowded field of potential candidates for comptroller, but is “exploring things” to see “where I’d be the best fit.” He said he has not conducted any polling, nor does he have any immediate plans to do so. “I’m going to a lot of events, talking …
Concerned neighbor
4:46 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012
It is time to support someone who is for responsible low growth development, historic preservation, etc.-- Marc Elrich!!! more ›