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County Council Member, Montgomery County

District 6

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Term
4 years
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2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A county council member votes on county laws, the budget, taxes and land-use decisions.

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Louella ThamCampaign photo — VOTE411 (League of Women Voters)

Louella Tham

Republican

Salesperson

The gist

  • Supports performance goals and accountability in zoning changes
  • Supports more budget for small businesses and first-time homebuyers
  • Proposes cutting the renewable energy stipend
  • Supports well-funded police and hospitals
More about Louella
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  1. Supports performance goals and accountability in zoning changes

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Initiatives such as ZTA's, SLA's that have performance goals with measures build in for accountability are important”
  2. Supports more budget for small businesses and first-time homebuyers

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Increase budget in helping: •Small business •Businesses who use resource from within Montgomery County •First-time homebuyers”
  3. Proposes cutting the renewable energy stipend

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Decrease budget: •illogical renewable energy stipend •Incoherent transportation budgets •credit for large businesses”
  4. Supports well-funded police and hospitals

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Policies that keeps Police and Hospitals well funded and educated with our Bill of Rights”
Photo of Natali Fani-González
Natali Fani-GonzálezCampaign photo — VOTE411 (League of Women Voters)

Natali Fani-González

DemocraticIncumbent

Montgomery County Council President (District 6)

The gist

  • Authored the county's rent stabilization law
  • Led preservation of the Westchester West apartments
  • Sponsored zoning amendment expediting approvals for job-creating projects
  • Led passage of the Trust Act limiting police immigration enforcement
  • Supports cutting non-essential vacant positions
  • Supports urban farms at district schools and parks
More about Natali
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  1. Authored the county's rent stabilization law

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “I was the author of the Rent Stabilization law, spearheaded the effort to expand housing types such as duplexes/triplexes along transit corridors”
  2. Led preservation of the Westchester West apartments

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “champion the preservation of the 345-unit Westchester West apartments in Aspen Hill to prevent displacement”
  3. Sponsored zoning amendment expediting approvals for job-creating projects

    Natali Fani-Gonzalez for Montgomery County Council 6

    Campaign website · Natali Fani-González campaign · nataliforcouncil.com

    “Lead sponsor for the Job Creation Project Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA 26-05) … for projects that create 200 net new jobs.”
  4. Led passage of the Trust Act limiting police immigration enforcement

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “I led the County Council to pass the Trust Act, a bill that states that our local police cannot act as immigration agents.”
  5. Supports cutting non-essential vacant positions

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “I'm looking into defunding non-essential vacant positions to reallocate funds to higher priority areas.”
  6. Supports urban farms at district schools and parks

    VOTE411 Voter Guide: Montgomery County Council District 6 (candidate questionnaire)

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “I have been a strong advocate for building urban farms in my district”

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