MoCo school board member Brenda Wolff won’t seek re-election to District 5 seat

Story by reporter Ashlyn Campbell, in Bethesda Today. For the whole story go here.

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Montgomery County school board Vice President Brenda Wolff, who represents District 5, said Monday she won’t seek re-election to a third term in 2026.   

Wolff told Bethesda Today by phone she will have served on the board for eight years at the end of her current term and believes it’s time for someone else to take on the role.  

Meanwhile, Elma-Lorraine Diggs, a parent of two Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students, on Jan. 2 filed with the state and local elections board to run for Wolff’s seat in the June gubernatorial primary election, according to the state elections board website. Diggs is the only candidate who has filed for the District 5 seat. Her candidate information filed with the state elections board includes a Silver Spring address.