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Local congressional hopeful JD Kumar speaks at Rockville community forum

Rockville Mayor and Council · March 2, 2026
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Summary

JD Kumar, who identified himself as James Dhruva 'JD' Kumar and a Democratic primary candidate for U.S. Congress, used his three-minute community-forum remarks to outline immigration and citizenship priorities and to introduce campaign identifiers.

James Dhruva 'JD' Kumar addressed the open community forum during the March 2 Rockville mayor-and-council meeting and identified himself as a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House of Representatives from the district covering this area.

Kumar said he is registered as "JD Kumar" and described several policy priorities focused on immigration and pathways to status for long-term residents. He also said his website is votejdk.com and framed his comments as an introduction to his campaign.

The mayor thanked Kumar for his remarks and the council then moved on to the evening’s scheduled presentations. Kumar’s statements were part of the public-comment portion of the meeting and did not trigger council action.