BOE - who are people voting for?

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

Wow..blaming Latinos for Smondrowski's blatant incompetence. Nice.

Honestly, it’s racist and offensive when people say stuff like that. The worst thing is, is that they don’t realize they’re being racist and offensive. They claim to be progressive and woke, but in all reality they’re blind to their own prejudices and racism.

Come on, they know exactly what they are saying when they say "uneducated voters". They know they are being racist.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

Yeah, its tough to say it out loud, but its true. Many people go into the booth with very little knowledge about the candidates. Its just true.

Heck, I bet Fitzgerald may have lost votes because they saw that name and thought he was a white irish guy.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

I think that poster has a good point. People saw the last name, wanted diversity so voted for her without doing research.

We must be able to have these types of conversations without fear of always being called racist.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

I think that poster has a good point. People saw the last name, wanted diversity so voted for her without doing research.

We must be able to have these types of conversations without fear of always being called racist.

The problem is that there's literally no evidence for suggesting Latinos are the reason Diaz beat Smondrowski. In fact there are a lot of factors that suggest otherwise:
- Smondrowski is very clearly ineffective, nobody can possibly be surprised she is the incumbent with the fewest votes
- Diaz got only slightly more votes than Bethany Mandel (who does NOT have a Latino last name). There is likely a lot of crossover between the two
- Diaz did a good job in her answers to the League of Women voters - she doesn't seem crazy in those answers. My guess is that had a bigger effect than her last name. You have to do more digging to find the crazy but a well-intentioned voter who does some research can easily miss it.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

I think that poster has a good point. People saw the last name, wanted diversity so voted for her without doing research.

We must be able to have these types of conversations without fear of always being called racist.

The problem is that there's literally no evidence for suggesting Latinos are the reason Diaz beat Smondrowski. In fact there are a lot of factors that suggest otherwise:
- Smondrowski is very clearly ineffective, nobody can possibly be surprised she is the incumbent with the fewest votes
- Diaz got only slightly more votes than Bethany Mandel (who does NOT have a Latino last name). There is likely a lot of crossover between the two
- Diaz did a good job in her answers to the League of Women voters - she doesn't seem crazy in those answers. My guess is that had a bigger effect than her last name. You have to do more digging to find the crazy but a well-intentioned voter who does some research can easily miss it.

Mandel got more votes than Diaz.

Mandel: 25K
Diaz: 21K

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

I think that poster has a good point. People saw the last name, wanted diversity so voted for her without doing research.

We must be able to have these types of conversations without fear of always being called racist.

The problem is that there's literally no evidence for suggesting Latinos are the reason Diaz beat Smondrowski. In fact there are a lot of factors that suggest otherwise:
- Smondrowski is very clearly ineffective, nobody can possibly be surprised she is the incumbent with the fewest votes
- Diaz got only slightly more votes than Bethany Mandel (who does NOT have a Latino last name). There is likely a lot of crossover between the two
- Diaz did a good job in her answers to the League of Women voters - she doesn't seem crazy in those answers. My guess is that had a bigger effect than her last name. You have to do more digging to find the crazy but a well-intentioned voter who does some research can easily miss it.

Mandel got more votes than Diaz.

Mandel: 25K
Diaz: 21K

Oops, you're right, and yet nobody is insinuating 25k people voted for Mandel because they like her name and are too dumb to look up what she policies she supports.

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Do people really think Latinos only vote for people with Latino last names? Literally take 2 seconds to think about why that is incredibly stupid.

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It's WHITE PEOPLE who think Latinos are all the same fyi

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

Wow..blaming Latinos for Smondrowski's blatant incompetence. Nice.

Honestly, it’s racist and offensive when people say stuff like that. The worst thing is, is that they don’t realize they’re being racist and offensive. They claim to be progressive and woke, but in all reality they’re blind to their own prejudices and racism.

Come on, they know exactly what they are saying when they say "uneducated voters". They know they are being racist.

Disagree. I think when they said "uneducated, " they meant people like my (very white) husband who, while educated in general, did not take the time to educate himself on this race and was inclined to vote Diaz for diversity before I called him out him for being a bad example to our kid who just turned 18. Made him look at the 411 info at least. Once he educated himself on the race, he did not vote for her, but so many will go to the polls without much research on BOE or judges.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

Wow..blaming Latinos for Smondrowski's blatant incompetence. Nice.

Honestly, it’s racist and offensive when people say stuff like that. The worst thing is, is that they don’t realize they’re being racist and offensive. They claim to be progressive and woke, but in all reality they’re blind to their own prejudices and racism.

Come on, they know exactly what they are saying when they say "uneducated voters". They know they are being racist.

Disagree. I think when they said "uneducated, " they meant people like my (very white) husband who, while educated in general, did not take the time to educate himself on this race and was inclined to vote Diaz for diversity before I called him out him for being a bad example to our kid who just turned 18. Made him look at the 411 info at least. Once he educated himself on the race, he did not vote for her, but so many will go to the polls without much research on BOE or judges.

Yeah that's not why Diaz is advancing to the general election. It's because Smondrowski is terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think Latinos only vote for people with Latino last names? Literally take 2 seconds to think about why that is incredibly stupid.

No one posted that.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

I think that poster has a good point. People saw the last name, wanted diversity so voted for her without doing research.

We must be able to have these types of conversations without fear of always being called racist.

The problem is that there's literally no evidence for suggesting Latinos are the reason Diaz beat Smondrowski. In fact there are a lot of factors that suggest otherwise:
- Smondrowski is very clearly ineffective, nobody can possibly be surprised she is the incumbent with the fewest votes
- Diaz got only slightly more votes than Bethany Mandel (who does NOT have a Latino last name). There is likely a lot of crossover between the two
- Diaz did a good job in her answers to the League of Women voters - she doesn't seem crazy in those answers. My guess is that had a bigger effect than her last name. You have to do more digging to find the crazy but a well-intentioned voter who does some research can easily miss it.

Mandel got more votes than Diaz.

Mandel: 25K
Diaz: 21K

Oops, you're right, and yet nobody is insinuating 25k people voted for Mandel because they like her name and are too dumb to look up what she policies she supports.

There have definitely been posts saying exactly that, on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

People are going to jump all over you for your post, saying you are a racist, but I wondered if there wasn't something to what you wrote. I have Latinx friends (and other friends from diverse backgrounds) who were initially interested in voting for Diaz, because of her Latinx surname and they want diverse representation. Then, these voters learned more about Diaz and ended up voting for Zimmerman or Smondrowski.

I think that poster has a good point. People saw the last name, wanted diversity so voted for her without doing research.

We must be able to have these types of conversations without fear of always being called racist.

The problem is that there's literally no evidence for suggesting Latinos are the reason Diaz beat Smondrowski. In fact there are a lot of factors that suggest otherwise:
- Smondrowski is very clearly ineffective, nobody can possibly be surprised she is the incumbent with the fewest votes
- Diaz got only slightly more votes than Bethany Mandel (who does NOT have a Latino last name). There is likely a lot of crossover between the two
- Diaz did a good job in her answers to the League of Women voters - she doesn't seem crazy in those answers. My guess is that had a bigger effect than her last name. You have to do more digging to find the crazy but a well-intentioned voter who does some research can easily miss it.

Mandel got more votes than Diaz.

Mandel: 25K
Diaz: 21K

Oops, you're right, and yet nobody is insinuating 25k people voted for Mandel because they like her name and are too dumb to look up what she policies she supports.

There have definitely been posts saying exactly that, on DCUM.

Feel free to link to them

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Diaz purportedly appeals to right wing voters when she is a teacher at a (non-MCPS) virtual academy, a concept the right wingers seem to hate.

I heard that Diaz homeschools. I also understand that she refused to obtain a covid vaccination, as needed, when she returned to Gaithersburg HS to teach after the pandemic eased. She refused to wear a mask, as required. Without notice, she stopped coming to school for 1st period because admin would check on her mask-wearing during 1st period. Diaz was given multiple chances to comply with health measures and she refused. Public schools must uphold public health measures. A responsible teacher shows up for the job. That she doesn't believe in these things disqualifies her for me.

Covid is still here. Are your teachers wearing masks now?
The greater message is that she called BS on the status quo that alot of people are tired of and that's why she got the votes

Specifically she got 18,956 out of 84,901 votes in the District 2 member race. Good luck to her!

It is sad that someone as irresponsible as Diaz received almost 19,000 votes. Fortunately, that represents only 22% of the votes and Diaz won't pick up many of the Smondrowkski voters. I think it very likely that Diaz will lose in November.

Not only is it sad it’s a show on how stupid some adults are in MOCO to not research who they voted for


Diaz is unfit for the BOE. Hopefully she loses.


We also had morons vote for Mandel . Ugh

Luckily Diaz is the only moms4liberty that made it through

The pessimist in me thinks she got so many votes bc she has a hispanic last name. And that uneducated voters checked the box next to her name for that reason.

Wow..blaming Latinos for Smondrowski's blatant incompetence. Nice.

Honestly, it’s racist and offensive when people say stuff like that. The worst thing is, is that they don’t realize they’re being racist and offensive. They claim to be progressive and woke, but in all reality they’re blind to their own prejudices and racism.

Come on, they know exactly what they are saying when they say "uneducated voters". They know they are being racist.

Disagree. I think when they said "uneducated, " they meant people like my (very white) husband who, while educated in general, did not take the time to educate himself on this race and was inclined to vote Diaz for diversity before I called him out him for being a bad example to our kid who just turned 18. Made him look at the 411 info at least. Once he educated himself on the race, he did not vote for her, but so many will go to the polls without much research on BOE or judges.

Yeah that's not why Diaz is advancing to the general election. It's because Smondrowski is terrible.

Diaz is up to 21,781 of the 100,239 votes (21.73%). I wish Smondrowski had come in second, but Diaz's second-place finish is hardly a landslide. Zimmerman got more votes than Diaz plus Smondrowski, put together.