FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August
8, 2002
Sierra
Club Montgomery County Group Announces
State
Level Endorsements
ROCKVILLE – The 6,000
member Sierra Club Montgomery County Group announced its list of endorsements
for Maryland State Delegate and Senate candidates in the County today. The list
of endorsees contains many incumbents, but it also includes a Green Party
candidate for the first time. In deciding on its endorsements, the group looked
closely at previous voting or activist records, candidate viability, and the
candidates’ positions on important environmental and quality of life issues. In
some districts, the group did not endorse any candidates.
In Districts 14 and
20, the Sierra Club took the unusual step of endorsing four candidates for
delegate. “We are fortunate this year
to have a very strong group of candidates who care deeply about preserving our
quality of life, our open spaces, clean air and water”, said County Group
Chair, Betsy Johnson.
The list of 2002
endorsees:
| District 14: |
Senate – Tod Sher (D) House – Allan Mulligan (D), Karen Montgomery (D), Anne Kaiser (D), and Patricia Cummings (R) |
| District 15: | No Endorsements |
| District 16: |
Senate – Brian Frosh
(D) House – Marilyn Goldwater (D), Susan Lee (D), William Bronrott (D) |
| District 17: | No Endorsements |
| District 18: | Senate – Sharon Grosfeld
(D) House – Leon Billings (D), John Hurson (D), Ana Sol Gutierrez (D) |
| District 19: | Senate – Leonard Teitlebaum
(D) House – Adrienne Mandel (D), Henry Heller (D), Arnold Gordon (D) |
| District 20: |
Senate – No Endorsement |
| District 39: |
Senate – David Bernhard (D) House – Charles Barkley
(D), Joan Stern (D) |
CONTACT:
Betsy Johnson, Sierra Club Montgomery County Group Chair
or Gary Skulnik, Sierra Club Montgomery County Group Executive Committee member
202-413-8534