Daily News | Five Democrats are running for Montco commissioner as the party faces growing pains
: Kimberly Koch, a teacher and Whitpain Township supervisor whom Winder selected as her running mate; Tanya Bamford, a marketing executive and Montgomery Township supervisor; attorney Neil Makhija, who leads a South Asian civic group; and county prothonotary Noah Marlier, a municipal lawyer.is facing challenges from businessman Tom DiBello and Liz Ferry, a vice president for the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.
But they’ve also faced backlash from some Democratic activists who say Winder’s selection of a running mate undermines the party’s decision not to endorse for the second seat. Asked about the tenor of the campaign, she said, “It’s been unfortunate how contentious it’s been, and how I’ve been treated as the first Black woman [commissioner]. … I’m channeling Michelle Obama here. When they go low, I go high.”Frustration with the process has helped create an opening for other candidates like Makhija, 36, of Lower Merion.
“I wish overseeing elections were boring. I wish it were administrative. I wish we just counted the votes and counted the winner, and that’s it,” Makhija saidlast month. “But unfortunately, Republicans have realized that that’s not their path to power anymore. And so it’s really important to have someone who understands all of the facets that come to play.”
Marlier, a former Peace Corps volunteer and Montgomery County assistant district attorney, was elected county prothonotary in 2019.
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