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Montgomery County Public Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: Oct. 25 - Nov. 1
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Only during early voting period
- Voter ID: No ID required generally
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Four seats on the Montgomery County Public Schools school board in Maryland were up for general election on November 6, 2018. A primary election was held for the at-large seat and the District 3 seat as more than two candidates filed to run in those races. The primary race for the open at-large seat included Brandon Orman Rippeon, John Robertson, Julie Reiley, Karla Silvestre, Marwa Omar Ibrahim, Ryan Arbuckle, Stephen Sugg, and Timur Edib. Reiley and Silvestre advanced to the general election. In her bid for re-election, incumbent Judy Docca faced Maria Blaeuer in the District 1 general election. Incumbent Patricia O'Neill and candidate Lynn Amano competed in the District 3 general election. They defeated Laura Simon in the primary election. The open District 5 general election included Brenda Wolff and Paul Pykosh.[1][2]
Elections
Candidates and results
At-large
General election
General election for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large
Karla Silvestre defeated Julie Reiley in the general election for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karla Silvestre (Nonpartisan) | 50.8 | 148,197 |
| Julie Reiley (Nonpartisan) | 48.4 | 141,139 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 2,288 | ||
| Total votes: 291,624 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large
The following candidates ran in the primary for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Reiley (Nonpartisan) | 32.0 | 39,118 | |
| ✔ | | Karla Silvestre (Nonpartisan) | 27.9 | 34,083 |
| John Robertson (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 14,145 | ||
| Marwa Omar Ibrahim (Nonpartisan) | 9.7 | 11,820 | ||
| Stephen Sugg (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 7,940 | ||
 | Brandon Orman Rippeon (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 6,490 | |
| Ryan Arbuckle (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 4,659 | ||
 | Timur Edib (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 3,886 | |
| Total votes: 122,141 | |||
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District 1
General election
General election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 1
Incumbent Judy Docca defeated Maria Blaeuer in the general election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Judy Docca (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 140,199 |
 | Maria Blaeuer (Nonpartisan) | 49.1 | 137,318 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 2,115 | ||
| Total votes: 279,632 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District 3
General election
General election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 3
Incumbent Patricia O'Neill defeated Lynn Amano in the general election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patricia O'Neill (Nonpartisan) | 62.7 | 180,433 |
 | Lynn Amano (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 105,409 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,954 | ||
| Total votes: 287,796 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Montgomery County Board of Education District 3
Incumbent Patricia O'Neill and Lynn Amano defeated Laura Simon in the primary for Montgomery County Board of Education District 3 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patricia O'Neill (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 73,220 |
| ✔ | | Lynn Amano (Nonpartisan) | 23.7 | 28,926 |
| Laura Simon (Nonpartisan) | 16.3 | 19,861 | ||
| Total votes: 122,007 | |||
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District 5
General election
General election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 5
Brenda Wolff won election in the general election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brenda Wolff (Nonpartisan) | 98.8 | 267,052 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 3,138 | ||
| Total votes: 270,190 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul Pykosh (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
District 5 candidate Brenda Wolff received endorsements from Maryland State Delegate Craig Zucker, Maryland State Delegate Anne Kaiser, Maryland State Delegate Eric Luedtke, Maryland State Delegate Pamela Queen, the Service Employees International Union, the Montgomery County Education Association, the Montgomery County Public Schools Retirees, the LGBTQ Democrats of Montgomery County, Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats of Maryland, Association of Black Democrats of Montgomery County, and CASA in Action.[3]
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About the district
Montgomery County Public Schools is located in Maryland. The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 154,434 students.[4]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Maryland. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maryland with 60.3 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 33.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic 52 percent of the time and Republican 21 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic all five times.[5]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedmontgomerylist - ↑ Montgomery County Board of Elections, "Cumulative Report," accessed June 27, 2018
- ↑ Brenda Wolff for Board of Education, "Endorsements," accessed September 13, 2018
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 270towin.com, "Maryland," accessed June 22, 2017
| Montgomery County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Montgomery County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: June 26, 2018 • General Election: November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Ryan Arbuckle • Timur Edib • Marwa Omar Ibrahim • Julie Reiley • Brandon Orman Rippeon • John Robertson • Karla Silvestre • Stephen Sugg District 1: • Incumbent, Judy Docca • Maria Blaeuer District 3: • Incumbent, Patricia O'Neill • Lynn Amano • Laura Simon District 5: • Paul Pykosh • Brenda Wolff |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
