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Gaithersburg council certifies Nov. 4 election, swears in mayor and two council members
Summary
At a Nov. 17 special session the Board of Supervisors of Elections certified 6,273 valid ballots in Gaithersburg’s Nov. 4 election; Judd Ashman was sworn in as mayor and Lisa Henderson and James (Jim) McNulty were sworn in as city council members. Officials praised election staff and urged continued civic engagement.
The Gaithersburg City Council met in a special session on Nov. 17, 2025, to receive certified election results and administer oaths of office to the winners of the Nov. 4 municipal election. The Board of Supervisors of Elections, represented by Chair Ty Hardaway, certified the results and announced that a total of 6,273 valid ballots were cast.
Ty Hardaway, chair of the Board of Supervisors of Elections and chief judge for the city election, summarized the counting process: the city used a hybrid mail-in and in-person system; paper ballots were tabulated on optical scanners that were locked and sealed at the close of polls; ballots postmarked by election day and received within two business days were included, and provisional ballots completed during in-person voting were…
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