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Jawando declares himself winner of Montgomery Co. executive Democratic primary

Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando, who leads in the Democratic primary for county executive with 40% of the vote, has declared himself the winner in that race.

Jawando鈥檚 closest challenger is council member Andrew Friedson, who, with 34% of the vote, issued a statement Wednesday acknowledging it would be difficult to close the vote gap between them.

小萝莉影视 reached out for comment from Friedson鈥檚 campaign Friday and had not received a response by midday.

Speaking to reporters at the Silver Spring Civic Center, Jawando said he takes nothing for granted, noting the winner of the Democratic primary will face a Republican, Esther Wells, in November.

However, Jawando also said, 鈥157 days from today, I will get sworn in on Dec. 1, and we鈥檙e going to need to make sure that we hit the ground running.”

When asked to name his three priorities, Jawando said schools, 鈥渢hat鈥檚 why people come here, it鈥檚 a big return on investment.鈥

He also said he鈥檇 address housing.

鈥淲e need to make housing more affordable and that means building more near transit, but also not doing developer giveaways for luxury housing.鈥

And finally he said he鈥檇 prioritize 鈥済rowing our economy from the bottom up, middle out.鈥

The election results are unofficial and more ballot counting resumes Saturday.

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