The County is led by three commissioners.

In the general election the two candidates who get the most votes are elected the commission. If these two are of the same party, the candidate from another party with the most votes is then guaranteed the third seat as one seat is reserved for the minority party.

Two Democrats who have been leading the county are not running again. Dr. Val Arkoosh resigned as chair of the county Board of Commissioners to join Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration in January. East Norriton supervisor Jamila Winder, 44, was appointed to serve the last year of Arkoosh’s term and has been endorsed by the county party in the primary.

Fellow Democratic Commissioner Ken Lawrence Jr. announced he wouldn’t seek reelection to the three-member board. Lawrence supports Winder.

There are five democrats running in the primary and bios from The Philadelphia Inquire.

Jamila Winder

https://www.jamilawinderpa.com/

Jamila Winder, 44, lives in East Norriton and is an executive at the digital medical education company Lecturio. Winder was appointed commissioner in January after Arkoosh’s resignation, and Montgomery County Democrats subsequently endorsed her campaign for a full four-year term. She is a former chair of the East Norriton Board of Supervisors.

Kimberly Koch

https://www.kimkoch.org/

Kimberly Koch, 40, is a public school teacher from Whitpain. As vice chair of the Whitpain Board of Supervisors, Koch has pursued what she calls “one of the most progressive agendas in the county.” For example, in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the township passed an ordinance aimed at protecting abortion rights.

Koch is endorsed by and is running with Winder

Neil Makhija

https://neilmakhija.com/

Neil Makhija, 36, is a lawyer from Lower Merion. He’s a lecturer in election law at the University of Pennsylvania and executive director of the South Asian civic and political group Impact. Previously, as an attorney with Berger Montague, Makhija worked on consumer protection litigation.

Noah Marlier

https://www.noahmarlier.com/

Noah Marlier, 42, is a lawyer from Springfield. He was elected county prothonotary in 2019 and is seeking reelection to that position this year. If he wins the Democratic primary for commissioner, he’d likely be replaced on the ballot for prothonotary in the general election. An attorney with Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin, Marlier is solicitor to several municipalities.