Posts tagged Ben Jealous
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Election links: The final week before the general election
One week left until the election! This week, Michael Bekesha's campaign to win over skeptical Democratic voters hit a snag, the Washington Post editorial board backs Bowser against her Council adversaries, and candidates around the region make their final pitches to voters. Get out there and vote for urbanists! Keep reading…
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Election links: Division in the homestretch
Mayor Bowser injects “divisiveness” into DC's at-large election, Marc Elrich and Nancy Floreen are two sides of the same anti-urban coin, Democratic Socialists are targeting ANCs, Arlington debates what to do about corporate vacancies, and more in our election link roundup. Keep reading…
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Election links: Debate week in the Washington region
Mayor Bowser backs Dionne Reeder against Elissa Silverman, the DC Council repeals Initiative 77, Ben Jealous offers his transportation vision for Maryland, candidates across the region meet for debates, and more in this week's election links roundup. Keep reading…
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Election links: Debating affordable housing in Montgomery County
Elrich and Floreen advance very different approaches to enabling affordable housing in Montgomery County, S. Kathryn Allen has lost her place on DC's ballot, Ben Jealous continues to run far behind Hogan on a popular platform, Virginia Republicans offer their own redistricting plan, and more in our election links roundup. Keep reading…
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Election links: The best strategy to win over DC voters, period
Sean Spicer is raising money for the DC GOP, DC's ballot petition process is a mess, Floreen spices up the Montgomery County Executive race, Larry Hogan is bad on urbanism, Virginia's most prominent Republican candidates are being abandoned by their parties for very different reasons, and more in our election links roundup. Keep reading…
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Election links: Signature issues in the DC Council race
More signature fraud as paid family leave takes center stage in the DC Council at-large race, Hogan maintains a commanding lead though Jealous maintains a popular platform, Virginia Democrats and Republicans battle over redistricting, and more in our election link roundup. Keep reading…
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Election links: The Montgomery County Executive race just got more heated
Nancy Floreen submitted an abundance of petition signatures to get her on the MoCo Executive ballot, there are echoes of Chris Christie in Larry Hogan, why Dems are slow to embrace Ben Jealous, DC ponders what to do about its low voter turnout, and more in our election link roundup. Keep reading…
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Election links: Elrich’s victory is confirmed
Election links are back! Marc Elrich’s narrow victory has been confirmed by a recount but a Democratic council colleague has decided to run an independent bid, seven DC council members support legislation to overturn initiative 77, the at-large council race begins to take shape, Matt de Ferranti discusses opportunities and challenges for Arlington, and more in our election link roundup. Want to stay on top of our 2018 election coverage? Sign up for our weekly newsletter!
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Jealous beats Baker for governor, Alsobrooks wins in Prince George’s, and Montgomery executive is too close to call
Ben Jealous beat Rushern Baker to be the Democratic pick against Maryland governor Larry Hogan in November. Angela Alsobrooks was nominated (and essentially elected) the next Prince George's county executive, while in Montgomery, the race was down to a mere 452 votes separating Marc Elrich and David Blair, with thousands of absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted. The Maryland primary election is not over! Keep reading…
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DC votes for change in tipping, no change in elected officials
DC voters are pretty happy with their incumbents, based on results of Tuesday's primary, re-nominating Mayor Bowser, Delgate Norton, and all DC Council incumbents. Meanwhile, voters approved a change to the tipped minimum wage, 55-45%. Keep reading…