District 7 Meet the Candidates

Please join us virtually on April 5th, 7th and 14th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm to meet the candidates running for the newly formed County Council District 7 seat.  Please see a list of the candidates below .  The names can be clicked on for those that have a website.

  • Dawn Luedtke – an assistant attorney general for the state
  • Andrew Einsmann – a real estate agent
  • Jacqueline Manger – a senior official at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Businesss
  • Paul Schwartz an advocate and legislative analyst for National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) in Maryland, and former senior federal government official
  • Paul Geller – a leading public schools and community advocate
  • Harold Maldonado – works in economic development
  • Ben Wikner – a pastor who has founded a non-profit
  • Sharif A. Hidayat – a Montgomery County Police Officer and the department’s community service officer

Recording links:
Recording from Meet the Candidates Dawn Luedtke and Jacqueline Manger – April 5th, 2022

Recording from Meet the Candidates Andrew Einsmann and Paul Schwartz – April 7th, 2022
Recording from Meet the Candidates Paul Geller and Ben Wikner – April 14th, 2022 – this link will allow you to download the recording from Google Drive
Recording from the District 7 Forum on 6/9/2022 at Our Lady of Good Counsel