MoCo county exec thoughts?

[Anonymous]

The Friedson campaign seems to be in a tailspin over the Glass poll.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/03/26/friedson-lays-out-his-path/

You don’t publish a memo like this unless you’re fielding calls from major supporters about electability. Friedson has a lot of money in the bank, but it’s hard to see him climbing past both Glass and Jawando, especially because he’s so similar to Glass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Friedson campaign seems to be in a tailspin over the Glass poll.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/03/26/friedson-lays-out-his-path/

You don’t publish a memo like this unless you’re fielding calls from major supporters about electability. Friedson has a lot of money in the bank, but it’s hard to see him climbing past both Glass and Jawando, especially because he’s so similar to Glass.

Nobody with any political acumen is in a tailspin about Glass' poll.

The primary between Elrich and Blair ended in only a 32 vote difference. Yet the February 2022 poll showed:
Elrich: 41%
Riemer: 12%
Blair: 11%
Hucker: 5%
No preference: 31%

The final July result was:
Elrich: 39%
Blair: 39%
Riemer: 20%
James: 2%

This February 2026 poll shows:
Glass 21%
Jawando 20%
Friedson 16%
Banerjee 1%
Undecided 43%

Nobody is polling high and most voters are undecided at this point. It is still anyone's race.

Let's see how the public hearings go in a week or so...about how people really feel about those Elrich tax hikes...and how they want councilmembers to respond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Friedson campaign seems to be in a tailspin over the Glass poll.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/03/26/friedson-lays-out-his-path/

You don’t publish a memo like this unless you’re fielding calls from major supporters about electability. Friedson has a lot of money in the bank, but it’s hard to see him climbing past both Glass and Jawando, especially because he’s so similar to Glass.

Nobody with any political acumen is in a tailspin about Glass' poll.

The primary between Elrich and Blair ended in only a 32 vote difference. Yet the February 2022 poll showed:
Elrich: 41%
Riemer: 12%
Blair: 11%
Hucker: 5%
No preference: 31%

The final July result was:
Elrich: 39%
Blair: 39%
Riemer: 20%
James: 2%

This February 2026 poll shows:
Glass 21%
Jawando 20%
Friedson 16%
Banerjee 1%
Undecided 43%

Nobody is polling high and most voters are undecided at this point. It is still anyone's race.

Let's see how the public hearings go in a week or so...about how people really feel about those Elrich tax hikes...and how they want councilmembers to respond.

This says more about Andrew Friedson than any of the other words you wrote.

How do you think the public hearings will go? I think people will oppose the taxes, Andrew Friedson will grandstand against taxes and then vote for all the spending, and the taxes will pass but at a lower level. That’s what’s happened the previous seven years. Friedson doesn’t have much of a fiscal argument because he keeps voting for the spending. Glass at least votes for both.