Gaithersburg election results 2021

Incumbent Mayor Jud Ashman
cruises to victory in unofficial results

The City of Gaithersburg Elections Clerk has announced the unofficial results of the 2021 election for mayor and City Council. Incumbent Mayor Jud Ashman overwhelmingly won reelection over challenger Stephen Escobar, 81.42% to 18.58%. 

Lisa Henderson has received the
most votes for City Council and is
projected have won a seat in 
unofficial results

Lisa Henderson and Jim McNulty are currently on-track to win the two Council seats up for grabs in this election. Henderson received 2,632 votes (30.73%) and McNulty received 2,159 votes (25.21%). Yamil Hernández ran a spirited campaign and received 1,777 votes (20.75%). David Belgard received 1,274 votes (14.87%), and Phillip Cook received 723 votes (8.44%).

Jim McNulty received the second-highest
number of votes for City Council, and is
projected as the winner of the 2nd seat

Gaithersburg's elections are non-partisan. Once the winners have been certified, they will be sworn in at a special Mayor and Council session on November 15. The city Elections Clerk indicates that turnout for yesterday's election was 12.45%. While that is low, it is higher than the 6.54% turnout in the 2019 election, in which all races were uncontested.