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2 candidates are tracked for Montgomery County Council, Councilmanic District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Marilyn Balcombe and Arian Borghei. Candidate information follows official Montgomery County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Marilyn Balcombe (Democratic), Arian Borghei (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Montgomery County Council, Councilmanic District 2, per the State Board of Elections' certified 2026 Gubernatorial General candidate list (updated September 7, 2026).
Democratic · Incumbent
Elected to the Montgomery County Council for District 2 in 2023; previously President/CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce and Executive Director of BlackRock Center for the Arts, per montgomerycountymd.gov. Holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and previously worked as an organizational psychologist with the U.S. Department of Energy, per montgomerycountymd.gov.
Campaign site →Republican
State election records list Arian Borghei as a Republican candidate for Montgomery County Executive in 2026, not County Council District 2 as listed in this queue; this discrepancy should be verified against the certified county candidate list before publication, per Zipwire MD candidate database. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Arian Borghei.