Hispanic Democratic Club Endorses Candidates for Primary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 17, 2010

CONTACT:   Oscar Ramirez

240-498-5213

Hispanic Democratic Club Announces Endorsements

for September Primary

Bethesda, MD – Today, the Hispanic Democratic Club (HDC) of Montgomery County is proud to release its final list of endorsed candidates for the September 14, 2010 Democratic primary. These candidates have, through their track record and vision, demonstrated a strong commitment to the Hispanic community in Maryland. The HDC looks forward to helping elect these candidates on September 14 and working with them to advance our shared priorities.

The Hispanic community in Maryland is the state’s fastest growing demographic group and has doubled as a percentage of the population over the past decade. More than 1 in 6 residents of Montgomery County are Hispanic. The HDC will send bilingual sample ballots with its endorsed candidates to all registered Hispanic Democrats in Montgomery County.

Endorsed candidates:

Governor/Lt. Governor:               Martin O’Malley/Anthony Brown

Comptroller:                                 Peter Franchot

Attorney General:                         Douglas Gansler

Congressional District 4:              Donna Edwards

Congressional District 8:              Chris Van Hollen

County Executive:                        Ike Leggett

County Council At-Large:           Marc Elrich

                                                     George Leventhal

                                                     Hans Riemer

                                                     Duchy Trachtenberg

County Council District 1:           Roger Berliner

County Council District 2:           Craig Rice

County Council District 4:           Nancy Navarro

County Council District 5:           Valerie Ervin

Sheriff:                                          Edward Clarke

Clerk of the Court:                       Loretta Knight

Register of Wills:                           Joseph Griffin

State Senate District 14:                Karen Montgomery

State Senate District 15:                Rob Garagiola

State Senate District 16:                Brian Frosh

State Senate District 17:                Jennie Forehand

State Senate District 18:                Richard Madaleno

State Senate District 19:                Roger Manno

State Senate District 20:                Jamie Raskin

State Senate District 39:                Saqib Ali

House of Delegates District 14:     Anne Kaiser

                                                     Eric Luedtke

                                                     Craig Zucker

House of Delegates District 15:     Brian Feldman

                                                     David Fraser Hidalgo

House of Delegates District 16:     Bill Frick

                                                     Susan Lee

                                                     Kyle Lierman

House of Delegates District 17:     Kumar Barve

House of Delegates District 18:     Al Carr

                                                     Ana Sol Gutierrez

                                                     Jeff Waldstreicher

House of Delegates District 19:     Bonnie Cullison

                                                     Hoan Dang

                                                     Jay Hutchins

House of Delegates District 20:     Sheila Hixon

                                                     Tom Hucker

                                                     Heather Mizeur

House of Delegates District 39:     Charles Barkley

                                                     Tony Puca

                                                     Kirill Reznik

The Hispanic Democratic Club of Montgomery County is a political advocacy club chartered by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee to promote, support and advance the interests of Hispanic Democrats in Montgomery County and Maryland. HDC seeks to increase the participation and empowerment of Hispanics at all levels of the political process.