Published on: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 News
Voter Turnout and List of Write-in Votes for the 2017 City Election
Voter Turnout – November 7, 2017 City Election
| Registered Maryland Voters | Registered Takoma Park-only Voters | Total Registered Voters* | Voted | Turnout | |
| Ward 1 | 2316 | 30 | 2346 | 491 | 20.9% |
| Ward 2 | 2203 | 31 | 2235 | 866 | 38.7% |
| Ward 3 | 2295 | 25 | 2320 | 459 | 20.2% |
| Ward 4 | 1511 | 100 | 1611 | 181 | 14.8% |
| Ward 5 | 1403 | 43 | 1446 | 214 | 14.8% |
| Ward 6 | 1626 | 117 | 1743 | 298 | 17.1% |
| Total | 11354 | 347 | 11701 | 2581 | 22% |
* The number of registered voters above includes same day registration voters.
Turnout for 16/17 Year Old Voters
| Preregistered | Registered Same Day | Total Registered | Total Voted | |
| Ward 1 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 7 |
| Ward 2 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 27 |
| Ward 3 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 15 |
| Ward 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| Ward 5 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
| Ward 6 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
| Total | 99 | 39 | 138 | 66 |
*16/17 year old voters are included in the overall turnout.
Write-ins (first choice only)
| Council | Mayor | ||
| WARD 1 | Write-In (20) for Council | WARD 1 | Write-In (23) for Mayor |
| 1 | Alice Sims | 2 | Betsy Taylor |
| 1 | Barbara Whitney | 1 | Denny May |
| 1 | Betsy Taylor | 1 | Diane Curran |
| 1 | Dick O’Connor | 1 | Donald Trump |
| 2 | Emma Rose Borzekowski | 1 | Nobody |
| 1 | Jonah Bregstone | 1 | Peter Kovar |
| 3 | Lorraine Pearsall | 1 | Sam Abbott |
| 1 | Marilyn Abbott | 3 | Seth Grimes |
| 1 | No Big Dig | 10 | Sue Katz Miller |
| 1 | Nobody | 1 | Takoma Park Co-Op |
| 1 | None of the Above | 1 | Terry Seamens |
| 3 | Seth Grimes | ||
| 3 | Takoma Park Co-Op | ||
| 20 | Subtotal, Ward 1 Council | 23 | Subtotal, Ward 1 Mayor |
| WARD 2 | Write -In (2) for Council | WARD 2 | Write-In (33) for Mayor |
| 1 | Cole Gilbert | 1 | Alex Marsell |
| 1 | Tim Male | 1 | Bernie Sanders |
| 3 | Catherine Tunis | ||
| 1 | Chris Simpson | ||
| 1 | Cindy Dyballa | ||
| 1 | Cole Gilbert | ||
| 1 | Co-Op | ||
| 1 | Cynthia Terrell | ||
| 1 | Donald Duck | ||
| 1 | Ed Sharp | ||
| 1 | Joe Edgell | ||
| 1 | Maurice Grant | ||
| 2 | Molly King | ||
| 1 | Nadine Bloch | ||
| 1 | Neil Gorsuch | ||
| 1 | None of the Above | ||
| 1 | Not Kate | ||
| 1 | Ozzy Osbourne | ||
| 1 | Paul Hewett-Mary | ||
| 1 | Rino Aldrighetti | ||
| 1 | Roger Schlegel | ||
| 4 | Sue Katz-Miller | ||
| 3 | Tim Male | ||
| 1 | Tom Littlefield | ||
| 1 | Wade Jennings | ||
| 2 | Subtotal, Ward 2 Council | 33 | Subtotal, Ward 2 Mayor |
| WARD 3 | Write-In (30) for Council | WARD 3 | Write-In (35) for Mayor |
| 1 | Brian Ernst | 1 | BruceWilliams |
| 1 | Byrne Kelly | 1 | Byrne Kelly |
| 1 | Daniel Ruiz | 1 | Carolyn James |
| 1 | Danielle Veith | 1 | Daniel Ruiz |
| 1 | Doug Disrud | 1 | Debbie Gay |
| 1 | Eloise Lindblom | 1 | Diane Curran |
| 1 | Emily Van Loon | 1 | Fanny Lou Hamer |
| 1 | Jeffrey Noel-Nosbaum | 1 | Green space + Grocery Store , not a dense dev of Junction lot |
| 1 | Joe Uehlein | 1 | Hillary Clinton |
| 1 | Lacey Logsdon | 1 | James Sexton Byrne |
| 1 | Michael Graul | 1 | Michael Kempel |
| 1 | Michael Koempel | 1 | Mickey Mouse |
| 2 | Nadine Bloch | 1 | No one |
| 1 | Nancy Glass | 1 | No Preference |
| 1 | No one | 1 | Nola |
| 1 | No Preference | 1 | None of the Above |
| 1 | Nola | 1 | Other |
| 1 | None of the Above | 1 | Roger Schlegel |
| 1 | Rhonda Kranz | 1 | Someone who will stand up to the Co-Op |
| 1 | Roger Schlegel | 14 | Sue Katz Miller |
| 1 | Someone who will stand up to the Co-Op | 1 | Takoma Park Co-Op |
| 5 | Sue Katz Miller | 1 | Tim Male |
| 2 | Takoma Park Co-Op | ||
| 1 | Talish Searcy | ||
| 30 | Subtotal, Ward 3 Council | 35 | Subtotal, Ward 3 Mayor |
| WARD 4 | Write-In (9) for Council | WARD 4 | Write-In (2) for Mayor |
| 1 | Arthur David Olson | 1 | James M. George |
| 1 | Holly Ann Freso-Moore | 1 | Kathy Porter |
| 1 | James Major George | ||
| 2 | Jarrett Smith | ||
| 1 | Jonathan Anderson-Taylor | ||
| 1 | Kate Stewart | ||
| 1 | Tamara Robinson | ||
| 1 | Vineda Myers | ||
| 9 | Subtotal, Ward 4 Council | 2 | Subtotal, Ward 4 Mayor |
| WARD 5 | Write-In (0) for Council | WARD 5 | Write-In (8) for Mayor |
| 0 | 1 | Haywood Jablome | |
| 1 | Katz Miller | ||
| 1 | Kinky Friedman | ||
| 1 | Mark Rupp | ||
| 2 | Mike Tabor | ||
| 1 | Ron Paul | ||
| 1 | Terry Seamens | ||
| 0 | Subtotal, Ward 5 Council | 8 | Subtotal, Ward 5 Mayor |
| WARD 6 | Write-In (1) for Council | WARD 6 | Write-In (12) for Mayor |
| 1 | Kathie | 1 | Competition |
| 1 | Janee Max | ||
| 1 | Jose Issac Lava | ||
| 1 | Mickey Mouse | ||
| 1 | Molly King | ||
| 1 | No Vote – Not Happy | ||
| 1 | Prabrakar Cherukuri | ||
| 1 | Praveen Raveendran Pillai | ||
| 1 | Sammie Abbott | ||
| 1 | Sterling Archer | ||
| 1 | Taco Bell | ||
| 1 | Walter Sobchek | ||
| 1 | Subtotal, Ward 6 Council | 12 | Subtotal, Ward 6 Mayor |
| ALL WARDS | Write-In for Council | ALL WARDS | Write-in for Mayor |
| Ward 1 | 20 | Ward 1 | 23 |
| Ward 2 | 2 | Ward 2 | 33 |
| Ward 3 | 30 | Ward 3 | 35 |
| Ward 4 | 9 | Ward 4 | 2 |
| Ward 5 | 0 | Ward 5 | 8 |
| Ward 6 | 1 | Ward 6 | 12 |
| Total | 62 | Total | 113 |
