Nancy Floreen, a longtime Montgomery County Council member who broke from the Democratic Party to run as an independent for county executive, collected enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot this November, ensuring a three-way race for the top position in the left-leaning county.
Floreen submitted 20,360 signatures, of which 13,356 were determined valid, Election Director Margaret Jurgensen wrote Wednesday in a letter to the candidate.
Floreen, a 16-year at-large council member and former mayor of Garrett Park, needed valid signatures from 1 percent of registered voters — 7,243 — to land a spot on the ballot, according to the letter.
She will face Democrat Marc Elrich, a 12-year council member, and Republican Robin Ficker, a lawyer and former state delegate. A Green Party candidate withdrew this month.
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