I worked on the District 9 Delegate races this weekend so now lets take a look at the District 9 Senate race. You can view the May evaluation of the race here: wp.me/p4dBsm-iE

The candidates: To see the official list of candidates click here

Democrat

Ryan Frederic – http://www.ryanfrederic.com/

Daniel Medinger – www.danielmedinger.com

Republican

Gail Bates (Delegate District 9A) – www.gailbatesforsenate.com

The Scorecard: (Click the “Yes” or follower numbers below to view the social media page)

6/9/14	Facebook	Twitter	Google+	LinkedIn	YouTube
Ryan Fredrick	303 (+6)	53 (+9)		Yes
Daniel Medinger	189 (+4)	73 (+11)	11 (+0)	Yes	Yes
Gail Bates	220 (+2)

Here are my takeaways from the scorecard above:

Early voting happens in three more days so I am a little early with this evaluation.

Ryan Frederic holds a nice edge in overall Facebook followers. Another positive for the Frederic team is they had the most engagement on their Facebook page over the past week (see photo below).

Daniel Medinger has the edge in Twitter followers and holds the most overall outreach. I like what this team is doing overall in outreach strategy and it could payoff in the end.

Gail Bates has an decent following on Facebook but there are very few posts from that account. I hope that after the Primary the account gets more activity going forward.

I am still not at a point with the new numbers to pick an overall outreach leader. It really is a draw between Ryan Frederic and Daniel Medinger for the overall leader in this race. I very much look forward to seeing the results of the Primary on June 24th.

Early voting begins on June 12th. The candidates should make sure all Howard County followers have this information: Early Voting in Howard County

Scott E #HoCoPolitics