After raft of appointments, District 16 voters will finally get their say

Four times, from 2023 to 2024, vacancies in Montgomery County's Legislative District 16 were filled by the Democratic Central Committee, encapsulating what's wrong with the system for filling legislative seats. Voters will finally have their say in the June 23 primary.

By: Josh Kurtz

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 1,898

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Critics say Legislative District 16, in Montgomery County, is the poster child for everything that’s wrong with the current system for filling vacancies in the Maryland General Assembly.

Four times in a year and a half, from early 2023 to mid-2024, the district saw openings in its state Senate or state House delegation. Each time, the vacancies were filled by votes from the two dozen members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, rather than …

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