Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) endorsed incumbent Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich in the highly competitive race.
Raskin, a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, stopped by an Elrich canvassing launch on Saturday afternoon to share his support.
The Democratic primary winner traditionally clinches general election victory in the deep-blue county. Freshshow Elrich neck-and-neck with businessman David Blair, who came within 77 votes of defeating Elrich in 2018. Term-limited County Council member Hans Riemer and Peter James, the chief executive of a robotics company, also are vying to unseat Elrich.Elrich has taken hits from his competitors on issues ranging from zoning to affordable housing across dozens of community forums this year.
“Do not believe everything you receive in the mailbox, on the TV screen,” said Larry Stafford, executive director of Progressive Maryland. “Do your research.”Raskin said he was motivated to share his support for Elrich after seeing so many attack ads in the race. Despite the heightened interest from politicos and power brokers, early voting turnout was light, with just over 24,700 people — about 3.7 percent of eligible Montgomery County voters — casting ballots in person, officials said.
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