The Frederick County Council and Frederick County Executive are, respectively, the elected representatives of the legislative and executive branches of the county government of Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Offices are located in Winchester Hall in the county seat, Frederick.
Formation Until 2014, Frederick County was governed by county commissioners. On December 1, 2014, Frederick County transitioned to a "charter home rule government". The voters approved this governmental change in the November 6, 2012 election, with 62,469 voting for the transition and 37,368 voting against.
County executive A county executive is responsible for providing direction, supervision, and administrative oversight of all executive departments, agencies, and offices.
Jan H. Gardner was elected the first Frederick County executive in 2014. She was reelected in 2018.
County council A county council has seven members: five based on district and two at-large. The members of the Frederick County Council are as follows.
+County council Name Affiliation District Region First elected Renee Knapp Democrat At-large At-large 2022 Brad W. Young Democrat At-large At-large 2022 Jerry Donald Democrat 1 Braddock Heights, Middletown, Brunswick 2014 Steve McKay Republican 2 Monrovia, Urbana, New Market, Mount Airy 2018 M.C. Keegan-Ayer Democrat 3 Frederick, Clover Hill 2014 Kavonte Duckett Democrat 4 Frederick, Ballenger Creek, Linganore 2022 Mason Carter Republican 5 Myersville, Emmitsburg, Thurmont 2022
See also Maryland county executive elections, 2018
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