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Progressive Neighbors August 2026 News

Primary Election Results 2026

Primary election results have been finalized and most of the candidates we endorsed won.  

• Will Jawando won for County Executive,  
• All six candidates for State legislature we endorsed won,  
• Jamie Raskin won (of course), and  
• All four candidates we endorsed for MCDCC won (Lopez, Saudrey, Brand-Wiita, Zwi).    

In the county council races:  We endorsed eight candidates- four won (Stewart, Mink, Elrich and Sayles) but the other four lost (Speilberg, Shaw, Barrie and Caballero).  But most lost narrowly.  

• In District 1, Speilberg lost 33% to 48% to Yang (who had the Apple ballot endorsement) but only by about 3,800 votes.  
• In District 3, Shaw lost to Ashman but by only 336 votes (45.9% to 43.9%)
• In the At-Large race, Barrie came in 5th (out of 17) and only 1,175 votes behind the 4^th place winner (in this race the top four make it to the fall ballot) (10.46% vs 10.2%) and Caballero was close behind in 6th, only 4,410 votes behind Barrie (with 9.23% of the vote).    

We think all four could make it over the finish line next election, especially if there are any open seats, now that they have better name recognition.  The County Council will not be as progressive as we hoped but they will need to work with the new County Executive to move the county forward.

For more information on our general election endorsements and recommendations concerning the ballot questions, head to our Endorsements page.