Montgomery County Youth Slate

The youth of Montgomery County account for close to 20% of the population, yet they have the least representation within the political process. Late in the spring of 2010, student leaders from across Montgomery County came together and analyzed the decisions of their elected officials and decided to take action. After reviewing the legislative and community contributions and achievements of most of the candidates for office, the youth of Montgomery County have decided to endorse the following people for their respective offices. The following signers represent the top echelon of student leadership in Montgomery County and further represent a cross-section of the different types of leaders within a diverse county ranging from Student Government, to Academia, to Music, to Science/Technology scholars, to even Athletics. They come from 8 different legislative districts and almost every high school in the County.

We are the future leaders, innovators, and changers of society and as such we have decided to vocally state our opinion of who we support to be trustworthy stewards of the society and government we will inherit. Consequently, we place our full trust and support for these candidates and will work to organize students for each of the campaigns as needed.

County Executive: Isiah Leggett

County Council (At-Large): Hans Riemer

County Council (At-Large): Nancy Floreen

County Council (At-Large): Marc Elrich

County Council (At-Large): George Leventhal

County Council 1: Roger Berliner

County Council 2: Craig Rice

County Council 3: Phil Andrews

County Council 4: Nancy Navarro

County Council 5: Valerie Ervin

District 14: Karen Montgomery, State Senate

District 14: Eric Luedtke, State Delegate

District 14: Anne Kaiser, State Delegate

District 15: Brian Feldman, State Delegate

District 15: Kathleen Dumais, State Delegate

District 15: Aruna Miller, State Delegate

District 16: Susan Lee, State Delegate

District 16: William Frick, State Delegate

District 16: Scott Goldberg, State Delegate

District 17: Cheryl Kagan, State Senate

District 17: Kumar Barve, State Delegate

District 18: Richard Madaleno, State Senate

District 18: Jeff Waldstreicher, State Delegate

District 18: Anna Sol Guttierez, State Delegate

District 18: Alfred Carr, State Delegate

District 19: Roger Manno, State Senate

District 19: Sam Arora, State Delegate

District 19: Bonnie Cullison, State Delegate

District 19: Ben Kramer, State Delegate

District 20: Jamie Raskin, State Senate

District 20: Tom Hucker, State Delegate

District 20: Sheila Hixon, State Delegate

District 20: Heather Mizeur, State Delegate

District 39: Saqib Ali, State Senate

District 39: Kirill Reznik, State Delegate

District 39: Charles Barkley, State Delegate

District 39: Shane Robinson, State Delegate

Board of Education: Shirley Brandman, At Large

Board of Education: Judy Docca, District 1

Board of Education: Patricia O'Neill, District 3

Board of Education: Michael Durso, District 5

We, the undersigned, endorse the candidates above:

• Tim Hwang, Student Member Montgomery County Board of Education, President of the Maryland High School Democrats
• Michael Hagan, Maryland Association of Student Councils (State SGA) President, Damascus High School School SGA President
• Richard Yarrow, President, Montgomery County Juniors Council, Eastern Middle School SGA; Vice President, EMS-PTSA
• Alexander Bae, Student Government President Montgomery Blair High School, Captain of the Blair Debate Team
• Jennifer Lien, Montgomery County Regional Treasurer, Student Government President James H. Blake High School
• Raynell Cooper, Co-chair of the County Executive's Youth Advisory Committee, Captain of RM's It's Academic team, RM SGA Vice President
• Meenu Singh, Student Government President Winston Churchill High School
• Russie Tran, Student Government President Wheaton High School
• Bianca Padilla, Student Government President Magruder High School
• Daniel Myung, Student Government President Springbrook High School
• Kendra Nguyen, Student Government President Northwood High School
• Michael Washington, Richard Montgomery High School Student Government President, MCR Chief of Staff Deputy, RMHS Community Service Club President/Founder
• Samir Devalaraja, Montgomery County Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Representative
• Peggy Li, Friends of the Library of Montgomery County Student Representative, Winston Churchill High School Math Team President
• Sam Motamedi, Student Member of the Maryland Commission on Civic Literacy
• Haines Sy, Wootton OHA President
• Bianca Datta, Captain of the Wootton Debate Team
• Caleb Hamilton, MCR Chief of Staff
• Nick Maggio, Montgomery County Regional State Lobbying Coordinator, Damascus High School SGA Vice President
• Hal Zeitlin, Montgomery County Regional Events Manager, Winston Churchill High School SGA Vice President
• Anthony Trinh, Montgomery County Regional Student Advocacy Coordinator, Richard Montgomery MCR Liaison, RM SGA Treasurer
• Melissa Yang, Montgomery County Regional County Lobbying Coordinator, Captain of the RM Debate Team
• Jonathan Frankle, Technical Director of the Maryland High School Democrats
• Catherine Liu, Montgomery County Regional State Public Affairs Director, President and Co-Founder of The Pillar Project
• Meenhee Shon, Quince Orchard High School Best Buddies Vice President
• Daniel Moon, CEO/President Operation Fly, Inc.
• Kevin Ma, Chief of Staff SMOB 2.0
• Jeffrey He, Class President Richard Montgomery High School
• Long Nguyen, Albert Einstein High School MCR Liaison
• Leanna Moron, Clarksburg High School Student Council Historian
• Derek Mong, Winston Churchill High School Alumnus, Duke University TC '13
• Lawrence Yen, Winston Churchill High School Class of 2010 Vice-President

Organizations and affiliations are used only for identification purposes and do not reflect the views of their specific organizations.

For more information please contact: Tim Hwang, timothy.t.hwang@gmail.com.