BLOG POST ON ELECTION DAY
Big environmental wins in Annapolis, Frederick, and the state of Virginia. But, we are just getting started.
Yesterday voters in the city of Annapolis, city of Frederick, and the whole Commonwealth of Virginia showed eight clear preferences for pro environment candidates. The constituents elected Davin Buckley as mayor of Annapolis, Michael O’Connor as the new mayor of Frederick, and elected all five of our county council and Dorsey is in Annapolis. Oh, and did we mention Sierra Club and Doris see Ralph north was elected by a margin of almost 10 points.
Michael O’Connor defeated Randy McClement in the Frederick City Mayor’s race 58.31% to 36.46%.
Gavin Buckley handily defeated current Annapolis Mayor Mike Pantelides by a margin of 61.72% to 38.06% out of a total of 8,813 total votes cast.
Congrats to Kathleen Rall, political Chair of the Catoctin Group, Louise Taylor and Earl Bradley in the Anne Arundel group, and all of the volunteers who put in time and energy into researching interviewing endorsing and volunteering to support these great candidates.
But the work continues, not just in Annapolis and Frederick. We need to work with these candidates to enact good environmental policy, and to hold them to their pledges. There is another election just around the corner in 2017, when Maryland will be electing a Governor, Attorney General, over 150 state legislators, and dozens of other officials.
Sierra Club needs your help to elect more champions. Please take a moment to make a small (or large) donation to the Maryland Sierra Club Cons-Com, which organizes to support pro environment candidates.
Also, please join us and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD 8) and other special guests for our final political fundraiser for 2017. It will be on Saturday November 11 in Frederick, Maryland. You can buy your tickets and RSVP by clicking on the link below.
Ticket Link: Benefit for the MD Sierra Club PAC, with US Congressman Jamie Raskin
You can find the official results for both races at the links below.
Frederick City Election Results
Pictures from our campaigning efforts
