On April 10th, The Ellicott City & Western Howard Democratic Club met and voted on endorsements for various races. Here is a listing of candidates that received enough votes to earn the club endorsement:
Federal
Senate
Ben Cardin
Congress
District 2
Dutch Ruppersberger
District 3
John Sarbanes
District 7
Elijah Cummings
State
Comptroller
Peter Franchot
Attorney General
Brian Frosh
MD District 9 Senate
Katie Hester
MD District 9A Delegate
Steven Bolen
Natalie Ziegler
MD District 9B Delegate
Courtney Watson
Howard County
County Executive
Calvin Ball
County District 1
Jon Weinstein
Council District 2
Opel Jones
Council District 5
China Williams
State’s Attorney
Rich Gibson
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Wayne Robey
Register of Wills
Byron Macfarlane
Judge of the Orphans’ Court
Anne Dodd
Nicole Bormel Miller
Sheriff
Marcus Harris
I was invited to the meeting to help count votes. I worked with Abby Hendrix on counting votes in the Governor race. No candidate won that endorsement (no one got enough votes to get 50% of the club support…with seven candidates…that is no big surprise). I will say that the candidates that received the most votes on the three ballots were: Krish Vignarajah, Rich Madaleno and Kevin Kamenetz….with Krish coming in first on all ballots…just not getting enough votes for the club endorsement.
I don’t know if the vote counts will be published at some point in the future…if they are…I will be sure to update this post with those numbers.
Update: Here are the vote counts for Governor:
Rushern Baker/ Elizabeth Embry 7
Ralph Jaffe/Freda Jaffe 0
Ben Jealous/Susan Turnbull 16
James Jones/Charles Waters 0
Kevin Kamenetz/ Valerie Ervin 25
Rich Madaleno/Luwanda Jenkins 38
Alec Ross/ Julie Verratti 10
Jim Shea/Brandon Scott 4
Krish Vignarajah/ Sharon Blake 49
Scott E
Thanks for helping us out. It was much appreciated. The counters did an awesome job!
Thanks for the invite. I had a great time at the event.