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Montgomery Democrats to Vote for a District 4 Representative

The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee will meet to recommend a candidate for the Congressional District 4 seat on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:30 pm at the MCDCC office in 3720 Farragut Avenue, #303, Kensington, MD.

Registered Democratic residents of District 4 in Montgomery or Prince Georges Counties who are interested in becoming a candidate, should submit a letter of intent and a resume to MCDCC at the above address, by FAX to 301/946-1002 or by email to MontgomeryDems@msn.com by 5:00 pm, Monday, April 21, 2008. Each candidate will be invited to address the Central Committee on April 22, 2008 for five minutes. Once all of the candidates have addressed the Committee, members of the Committee may address questions to candidates. Once the question and answer period has been completed, the Central Committee will vote on its recommendation.

Candidates should also contact the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, who will make a recommendation, at terry@ngen.com or call (202) 550-2782 for details on its process and procedures.

Background on the Vote

The vacancy in Congressional District 4 (parts of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties) is due to the resignation of Representative Albert Wynn. A measure was approved during the recent General Assembly with respect to a Special Congressional Election. The bill provides that when a Congressional vacancy occurs, the Central Committees in each County within the District should vote to recommend a candidate to serve as the Party nominee for that position.  If all of the County Central Committees from a political party recommend the same person, then that person will be the nominee of that political party in a special election.  If all of the County Central Committees for a political party do not agree on the same person, then that party's State Central Committee (mostly made up of County Central Committees from around the State of Maryland) will select the party's nominee.

Both the Democratic and Republican Central Committees of Montgomery County and Prince George's County will each vote to recommend a candidate. The two recommended candidates will represent the Democratic and Republican Parties in a special election which will take place between 36 days and 60 days after the date that the Governor signs a proclamation calling for a special general election.