Where the Candidates Stand on Transit
Candidates for County Council and County Executive
| District | Candidate | Purple Line | Ride-On Bus | Corridor Cities Transitway | People Before Cars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At Large (Dem) |
George LEVENTHAL | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Hans RIEMER | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
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| Duchy TRACHTENBERG | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
| Marc ELRICH | + |
+ |
+ |
- |
|
| Nancy FLOREEN | + |
- |
- |
+ |
|
| Becky WAGNER | + |
- |
- |
+ |
|
| Jane DE WINTER | - |
+ |
- |
- |
|
| Raj NARAYANAN | - |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Fred EVANS | - |
? |
? |
- |
|
1 (Dem) |
Roger BERLINER | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Ilaya HOPKINS | - |
- |
- |
+ |
|
2 (Dem) |
Sharon DOOLEY | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Craig RICE | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
| Royce HANSON | + |
+ |
- |
+ |
|
| Charles KIRCHMAN | + |
+ |
+ |
- |
|
| Eddie KUHLMAN | - |
? |
? |
? |
|
| County Exec (Rep) | Daniel VOVAK | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Douglas ROSENFELD | ? |
? |
? |
? |
Candidates for State Legislature
| District | Candidates Who Support Purple Line | Candidates Who Don't Support Purple Line | Candidates with No Position on Purple Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 - Senate (D) | Rona KRAMER |
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| 14 - House (D) | Neeta DATT |
Jodi FINKELSTEIN |
Vanessa ALI |
| 15 - House (D) | Kathleen DUMAIS Brian FELDMAN David FRASER-HIDALGO Aruna MILLER Lara WIBETO |
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| 16 - House (D) | John ADAMS Charlie CHESTER Peter DENNIS Scott GOLDBERG Craig HERSKOWITZ Hrant JAMGOCHIAN Ariana KELLY Susan LEE Kyle LIERMAN Michael SRIQUI Mark WINSTON |
Bill FARLEY Bill FRICK |
|
| 17 - Senate (D) | Jennie FOREHAND Cheryl KAGAN |
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| 18 - Senate (D) | Michael GRIFFITHS Richard MADALENO |
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| 18 - House (D) | Vanessa ATTERBEARY Dana BEYER Ana Sol GUTIERREZ Michael HENEY |
Al CARR Jeff WALDSTREICHER |
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| 19 - Senate (D) | Mike LENETT Roger MANNO |
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19 - House (D) |
Sam ARORA Hoan DANG Jay HUTCHINS Ben KRAMER |
Bonnie CULLISON Vivian SCRETCHEN |
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| 20 - House (D) | Eli EL Sheila HIXSON Tom HUCKER Heather MIZEUR Chris STOUGHTON |
|
Robert ESTRADA |
| 39 - Senate (D) | Saqib ALI Nancy KING |
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| 39 - House (D) | Charles BARKLEY Robert HYDORN Tony PUCA Kirill REZNIK Shane ROBINSON |
Arthur JACKSON |
Explanation
Ratings are based on responses to ACT questionnaire, voting records in county council, state legislature, and planning board, and public statements.
Candidates running unopposed in primaries are not included in the charts. You can read responses from all candidates, including unopposed candidates, by clicking on the links below. Answers received after July 15 are not posted.
Purple Line. Plus shows clear and unqualified support for the at-grade light rail plan selected by Gov. O'Malley. County council incumbents' ratings are based primarily on Jan. 27, 2009, county council vote.
Ride-On bus. Plus gives high priority to preserving bus service. Incumbents' ratings are based primarily on the Feb. 9, 2010, vote to use $515,000 from cable TV funds to prevent the Ride-On cuts proposed by the county executive. Non-incumbent ratings are based primarily on their responses to question #2.
Corridor Cities Transitway, Plus would build a transit line from Shady Grove to Clarksburg (serving the newly approved Great Seneca Science Corridor master plan) before widening roads in the master plan area. Ratings are based primarily on responses to question #4.
People before cars. Plus says that development approvals for walkable neighborhoods near Metro should not depend on predictions about the movement of cars through intersections after the neighborhood is built. Based primarily on responses to question #5 and on public statements and votes related to the White Flint sector plan.
Election Information
Primary elections in Maryland are September 14, 2010 followed by the general election on November 2. Candidates are running for senator, governor, representative, state senator, state delegate and County Council. You can check your polling place and legislative district using the Maryland Board of Elections site.
Candidates' Detailed Answers to ACT Questionnaire
ACT sent a questionnaire with transit related questions to all candidates in Montgomery County. Their full replies are linked to the appropriate office or district in the table below. (If there is no link, that means none of the candidates for that district replied.)
| Congressional Representative | |
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| State Legislative Districts |
District 15 Senator District 16 Senator |
| County |
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