In 2018, wealthy developer Charles K. Nulsen III headed up a group calling itself County Above Party to defeat Marc Elrich in the general election, after Mr. Elrich defeated David Blair in the primary. At that time, I wrote about the earlier iteration of “County Above Party", noting its origins in misleading Republican-backed attacks which resulted in a Republican takeover of County Government in the 1962 election. See here.
Mr. Elrich won the general election with 64.7% of the vote. See here.
Now Mr. Nulsen is spear-heading similar, misleading efforts against Mr. Elrich, who is now running for reelection. See here. In recent weeks, anyone watching television (or Democrats with mail boxes) have become familiar with the dark attack ads run and distributed by Mr. Nulsen's groups -- ads which typically do not clearly identify the source. Mr. Blair's campaign, sadly, has stooped to similar advertising.
Leaders from across Montgomery County, including former County Executive Ike Leggett, are denouncing these developer efforts. See here. See, also last Friday's WAMU Politics Hour with Kojo Namdi (the portion beginning at 12:27:50; portions of the printed transcript are muddled, but the audio is clear).
Those who have not yet cast their votes for the July 19 primary should consider the sources of these attacks.
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