Joel Rubin, who was mayor of Chevy Chase from 2017 to 2023, announced Wednesday he no longer is running for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6)
“[A]fter much consideration, I’ve made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for Congress,” he said. In the same announcement, Rubin wrote he is “proud to announce my endorsement of April McClain Delaney.”
He called on Democrats to unify behind Delaney, who is a Potomac resident, “to ensure that we keep the seat blue in the face of what will be an aggressive attempt by Republicans to get a MAGA candidate into office.”
Other Democratic candidates include Montgomery County Council Laurie-Anne Sayles, Peter Choharis of Potomac, George Gluck of Rockville, Geoffrey Grammer of Gaithersburg, Ashwani Jain of Gaithersburg, Maryland Delegate Lesley Lopez of Montgomery Village, Tekesha A. Martinez of Hagerstown, Stephen R. McDow, II of Monrovia, Mohammad S. Mozumder of Germantown, Adrian Petrus of Hyattsville, Joe Vogel of Gaithersburg, Destiny Drake West of Germantown, Kiambo “Bo” White of Baltimore and Altimont Mark Wilks of Hagerstown.
Running on the Republican ticket are Dan Cox of Frederick, Chris Hyser of Thurmont, Neil Parrott of Hagerstown, Todd A. Puglisi of Germantown, Mariela Roca of Frederick, Tom Royals of Germantown and Brenda J. Thiam of Hagerstown.,
