The Maryland Sierra Club is excited to announce it's endorsements for candidates in the cities of Frederick and Annapolis, both of which will hold their primaries in September, 2017.
The City of Frederick will hold it's primary on Tuesday September 12th, voting information can be found here. The City of Annapolis hold it's primary on Tuesday September 19th. The Annapolis board of elections website has general information and info on polling locations.
ENDORSEMENT IN CITY OF FREDERICK
Mayor - Michael O’Connor
Sierra Club will not be making primary endorsements for alderman
ENDORSEMENTS IN CITY OF ANNAPOLIS
Ward 2: Kurt Riegal
Ward 5-Marc Rodriguez
Ward 6 - Shaneka Henson
Ward 7 - Rob Savidge
Ward 8 - Ross Arnett
How the Sierra Club's Endorsement Process Works
The Sierra Club leverages the power of our networks of volunteers and members in every state to help elect environmental candidates. The Sierra Club sees the importance of having environmental champions at all levels of elected office. \To ensure the Sierra Club only endorses the best environmental candidates, our volunteers and staff have developed a multi-step process and criteria for selecting which candidates receive our support. The process begins at the local level, where Sierra Club volunteers use combination of interviews, questionnaires, review of voting record (for incumbents) and supplemental research to evaluate the candidates. Appproval of endorsements require two levels of approval. For municipal elections, endorements recommendations are made by one of our 8 local Groups, and affirmed by the Maryland State Chapter. Throughout our process, volunteers and staff evaluate the environmental and public health records of candidates, their electability and their propensity to be a true champion on our issues.