1. Marc B Elrich was born on November 2,1949 and is an American politician serving as the county executive of Montgomery County, Maryland.
38 Facts About Marc Elrich
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Marc Elrich is a former member of the Montgomery County Council and the Takoma Park City Council.
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Marc Elrich became the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County Executive in the 2018 primary before winning the general election.
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Marc Elrich was born in Washington, DC, near Takoma Park.
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Marc Elrich's father was a postal worker and his mother was a waitress.
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Marc Elrich attended Albert Einstein High School in Kensington and the University of Maryland.
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Marc Elrich worked as a manager in the automotive department at Montgomery Ward before getting a master's degree in teaching from Johns Hopkins University.
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Marc Elrich taught 4th and 5th grade for 17 years at Rolling Terrace Elementary.
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Marc Elrich served on the Takoma Park City Council from 1987 to 2006.
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Marc Elrich is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Marc Elrich ran for the county council four times before getting elected in 2006.
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Marc Elrich was elected with the most votes of any candidate in 2010 and 2014.
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Marc Elrich worked to have environmental concerns addressed in the Clarksburg Master Plan and he spearheaded the effort to protect Tenmile Creek.
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Marc Elrich considered protecting the stream one of his highest environmental concerns at the time.
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Marc Elrich supported one bill protecting the tree canopy and sponsored another protecting street trees.
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Marc Elrich advocated for the elimination of cosmetic use of pesticides on private lawns because of their cancer-causing chemicals helping the county become the first locality in the country to do so and was considered a key co-sponsor of the legislation.
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Marc Elrich advocated against the use of artificial playing turfs that contain lead and other cancer-causing ingredients and sponsored a resolution banning crumb rubber turfs.
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Marc Elrich voted for the Montgomery county five-cent bag tax to fund environmental cleanup efforts.
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Marc Elrich was lead sponsor of a bill to require large gas stations to be at least 500 feet from schools and parks.
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In 2013, Marc Elrich was the lead sponsor of legislation to increase the county's minimum wage, which raised it to $11.50 per hour.
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Marc Elrich twice was the lead sponsor of legislation to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in Montgomery County.
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Marc Elrich did not accept money from developers or land use attorneys.
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In 2019, Marc Elrich banned Montgomery County police stations from displaying thin blue line flags.
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In 2013, Marc Elrich was the lone vote to oppose a plan to preserve affordable housing along the Purple Line light rail corridor.
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In 2017, Marc Elrich was criticized for describing the council's plan to allow denser housing construction around the stations of the planned 16-mile Purple Line as "ethnic cleansing".
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Marc Elrich said he was sorry if his language was offensive, but he defended his comment saying that this is not just a Montgomery County problem but a nationwide problem and a "well-known fact" of what happens when rail lines take over communities.
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Marc Elrich has opposed market-rate housing construction, and higher density near public transit stations.
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Marc Elrich has opposed allowing duplexes, fourplexes and sixplexes in some neighborhoods that are exclusively zoned for single-family housing.
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In 2019, Marc Elrich opposed a nonbinding council resolution to build 10,000 more housing units by 2030, saying that the county cannot afford to build that much affordable housing.
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Marc Elrich has cast doubt on projections by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments on the need for more middle-income and low-income housing.
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In 2019, Marc Elrich said that he rejected the concept of missing middle housing, and said that Montgomery County did not lack housing for middle earners.
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Marc Elrich has frequently called for higher taxes on real estate developers.
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Marc Elrich voted against the White Flint Mall II sector plan because Marc Elrich stated that the plan would have created 6,000 residential units located too far from a Metro station.
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Marc Elrich voted against the Bethesda Master Plan because it failed to consider the effect the increased density would have on roads and schools.
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Marc Elrich voted against the Lyttonsville Sector Plan because he stated that it would increase housing costs and force residents to move out, as well as the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan.
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Marc Elrich opposed a proposal to sell land adjacent to the White Oak Food and Drug Administration campus because local roads and infrastructure were not equipped to handle additional traffic and students.
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On November 18,2024, Marc Elrich announced that he would run for an at-large seat on the Montgomery County Council in 2026.
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Marc Elrich has lived in Takoma Park for most of his life.