Will Jawando

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William Opeyemi Jawando (born January 2, 1983) is an American politician and author who is the county executive-elect of Montgomery County, Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as an at-large member of the Montgomery County Council since 2018. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, Jawando graduated from the Catholic University of America and the Columbus School of Law. He started his career as an intern for multiple Democratic members of Congress before working as an official in the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Public Engagement during the Obama administration. He unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014 and the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 before winning election as an at-large member of the Montgomery County Council in 2018. Jawando was briefly a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024. Jawando was elected as the county executive of Montgomery County in 2026, after defeating Republican nominee Esther Wells in the general...

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