Daily News | These are the eight candidates running for Montgomery County commissioner
Eight candidates are officially running in the May 16 primary election for Montgomery County commissioner.
On the Democratic side, five candidates are running for two spots — the biggest primary field in recent memory. That’s the result, in part, of Montgomery County Democrats’Republicans, by contrast, are facing a familiar dynamic: incumbent GOP Commissioner Joe Gale — a— is seeking reelection to another four-year term without the support of his party. Two other Republicans are vying for two spots on the primary ballot.
Primary voters in each party will have the choice to select two candidates to advance to the November general election. Democrats have held a 2-1 majority on the board since 2012, and the county has becomefaces its biggest leadership shakeup in years . Val Arkoosh resigned as chair of the three-member commissioners board in January to join Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, and Democrat Ken Lawrence Jr. isn’t seeking reelection.
The county board oversees an annual budget of more than $500 million. Among other responsibilities, the board will oversee theNone of the candidates’ nomination petitions had been challenged by Tuesday’s deadline, so the field is settled., 54, is a marketing executive from Montgomery Township. In 2017 she became the first Democrat elected to the Montgomery Township Board of Supervisors and later led the board for three years.
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