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  • Montgomery County is at a crossroads. With at least five new faces coming to the Montgomery County Council, we need practical, experienced leaders who understand how to work together for the benefit of our community.

Council Member Jim McNulty is raising his right hand and swearing in during a formal swearing-in ceremony, surrounded by six people in professional attire inside a wood-paneled room with framed photographs on the wall. Mayor Jud Ashman is leading.

Committed to Serve

Jim McNulty was first elected to the Gaithersburg City Council in 2021, and reelected in November of 2025. He helped champion the construction of Tubman Elementary School and redevelopment of Lakeforest Mall, and is an outspoken advocate for creating jobs, improving transportation, and supporting good schools and smart growth.

Jim was born in a blue-collar suburb west of Philadelphia, and raised in Upper Darby, Pa., best known as the birthplace of Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey. He graduated cum laude from the University of Scranton (Pa.) with a degree in Communication and a minor in Business.

Jim first moved to the Washington area in 1997, with stops in Germantown and Rockville. He now lives in Gaithersburg with his wife, Amy, and their two children. Jim works as a Realtor® with Keller Williams Capital Properties in Rockville, specializing in the Upcounty Region of Montgomery County, and previously worked in Bethesda and for Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, so he knows our County well.

He had a successful career in television and was one of the Discovery employees taken hostage during the attempted suicide bombing at its headquarters in 2010. The experience started him on a path to public service and led him to create a peer-to-peer support group for trauma survivors.

He has been active in our community for years, coaching youth sports and volunteering with his faith community at St. Patrick’s and St. Martin of Tours, as well as Gaithersburg Meals on Wheels.

He believes serving others is our highest calling, and that is why he is running for Montgomery County Council.

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Meeting the Moment

Montgomery County is at a crossroads. Economic growth has slowed, our tax base is shrinking, and the County is now facing budget shortfalls. Working families and small businesses are already struggling to pay their bills. Increasing their tax burden will only serve to further the pain. Instead, we should focus on getting our economy moving again, encouraging more businesses to invest here, making housing more affordable, improving schools and transportation, and getting County government to live within its means.

That has been the City of Gaithersburg’s approach for years, and it has worked. Together with the Mayor, Jim and his fellow Councilmembers have helped lead Maryland’s third-largest city, and the #1 most diverse city in America, through equally challenging times, delivering high-quality services, bringing in new jobs and expanding housing opportunities, all while balancing its budgets, holding no public debt, and without raising taxes. That’s the kind of practical, experienced leadership Jim can offer countywide.

Here are Jim’s top priorities for getting our County back on track: 

  • Getting Our Economy Moving Again: Creating and retaining more high-wage jobs, supporting local and small businesses, encouraging investment in the County to address major traffic bottlenecks. 

  • Making it More Affordable to Live Here: Focusing on growing our tax base instead of raising rates, making housing more attainable at all levels, and promoting smart growth transit-oriented development (TOD).

  • Strengthening Our Communities: Investing in good schools and county services, closing the vacancy gap at the Montgomery County Police Department, expanding mental health programming, supporting the unique needs of our diverse neighborhoods and communities.

“We are happy to inform you that your campaign has been awarded the 2025 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction. Thank you for advocating for gun violence prevention. ”
— Moms Demand Action

Endorsements

  • Jud Ashman

    Mayor
    City of Gaithersburg

  • Dawn Leudtke

    Dawn Leudtke

    Montgomery County Council
    District 7

  • Del. Lesley Lopez

    Maryland State Delegate
    District 39

  • Lisa Henderson

    Lisa Henderson

    City Council Member
    City of Gaithersburg

  • Council Member Neil Harris

    Neil Harris

    Vice President
    Gaithersburg City Council

  • Robert Wu

    Robert Wu

    City Council Member
    Gaithersburg

  • Barry Jackson

    Barry Jackson

    City Council Member
    Rockville

  • Adam van Grack

    City Council Member
    Rockville

  • Marissa Valeri

    Marissa Valeri

    City Council Member
    Rockville

  • Sen. Nancy King

    Majority Leader
    Maryland State Senate

What People Are Saying

…I am proud to consider Jim a friend and colleague as we’ve worked together on issues affecting my district which shares a border with the City of Gaithersburg.  His thoughtful, intelligent, staid leadership with knowledge of the differences between Upcounty and Downcounty problems, challenges and appropriate solutions with a focus on ensuring government delivers on its basic services would provide me with a solid ally as I seek to continue my own service on the Council.”

“Jim McNulty would bring a steady, pragmatic leadership approach to the Council…

Dawn Leudtke

Montgomery Council Council
District 7

Upcoming Events

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