Will Jawando for County Executive? Voters Deserve Better

There’s an old saying: “If his mouth is moving, he’s lying.” Few politicians in Montgomery County fit that description better than Will Jawando, the ever-ambitious Councilman now clawing his way toward the County Executive’s office.

Jawando has spent years trying to climb the political ladder. Washington didn’t want him, Annapolis didn’t need him, and now he’s set his sights on Montgomery County Executive. But one thing’s been constant: he’ll say whatever it takes to get elected. One week, he’s calling to defund the police. The next, he’s preaching “public safety.” One month, he’s chasing national headlines with performative progressive stunts. The next, he’s pretending to be the reasonable moderate.

It’s not leadership… it’s opportunism in a nice suit.

A $115,000 “Coincidence”?

A recent Montgomery Perspective article revealed a deeply troubling pattern. Jawando’s failed U.S. Senate campaign reportedly donated $115,000 to the Working Families Party (WFP) — and soon after, that same group endorsed him for County Executive.

Coincidence? Hardly. In politics, timing is everything, and this one stinks of backroom dealing. Call it what it is: a pay-for-endorsement scheme. You don’t write six-figure checks to a political group and then miraculously get their backing out of pure goodwill.

Taxpayer-Funded Ambition

Jawando’s new campaign is being financed by Montgomery County’s public election fund which is fueled by taxpayer money. Because Jawando is using public election funding to finance his County Executive ambitions, he is limited where he can get funding. It now comes out that he is using money from his now-terminated U.S. Senate account, and his federal PAC to also finance his County Executive campaign. Adding insult to injury, Jawando will probably receive over $800,000 of taxpayer money from that public election fund to fuel his County Executive campaign.

That means the same residents struggling with high property taxes and living costs are, in effect, paying for Jawando’s campaign while he camouflages his funding sources. Public financing was meant to empower ordinary citizens, not bankroll serial candidates chasing their next office.

Shadow Campaigns and “Plausible Deniability”

You may expect the same outside groups to hit the streets for him: canvassing, leafleting, and advertising, all under the laughable banner of “independent expenditure.” It’s the game of plausible deniability we’re not coordinating, we just happen to be working for the same guy. Voters aren’t fools. They’ve seen this play before.

Time for Oversight

This deserves investigation by the County Inspector General, the State’s Attorney, and the Maryland Board of Elections. Whether Jawando’s actions cross a legal line or merely trample ethical boundaries, the pattern is clear: public money, private ambition, and questionable alliances.

Montgomery County deserves better than another career politician playing fast and loose with ethics, taxpayer funds, and public trust. Jawando talks about justice and transparency but, from where the voters are sitting, it looks like he’s just another hustler in a suit, saying whatever it takes to get elected.

If this is the kind of leadership Jawando offers, the voters’ answer in 2026 should be a simple: “No, thank you.”

Voters deserve better. We need leaders with integrity…people guided by a strong moral compass who seek to serve the public, not themselves. Our communities depend on candidates who will do what’s right for everyone, not just cater to a small, hand-picked group pushing a narrow progressive agenda. It’s time to support individuals committed to fairness, accountability, and the broader good.

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