What is Civic Mirror?

Civic Mirror is a civic technology platform designed to make government easier to understand, research and engage with. It brings together information about elected offices, public spending, legislation, judicial decisions and civic events into a single, searchable interface. The goal is to reduce fragmentation and help people see how public institutions function in practice, not just in theory.

What problem is Civic Mirror trying to solve?

Most public information already exists, but it is scattered across dozens of websites, written in technical language, and difficult to connect across roles, agencies and decision-making processes. Civic Mirror focuses on aggregation, context and clarity — helping users understand who is responsible for what, how decisions are made, and how those decisions connect over time.

Is Civic Mirror affiliated with a political party or campaign?

No. Civic Mirror is designed as a non-partisan platform. It does not endorse candidates, promote political parties, or tell users what positions to take. The platform is structured to present primary information and sourced material, allowing users to draw their own conclusions.

How does Civic Mirror maintain neutrality?

Neutrality is addressed structurally rather than rhetorically. The platform surfaces original sources wherever possible, clearly labels summarised content, and allows users to view information through different lenses — including progressive, conservative or just the facts. The intent is transparency about framing, not hidden editorial judgement.

What kind of information does the platform include?

Depending on availability, Civic Mirror can include: lists of elected offices at state, county and local level; role descriptions explaining what each office is responsible for; budget and spending information tied to specific offices; legislative bills with plain-language summaries; judicial rulings categorised by case type; public calendars, meetings and livestream links; and evidence panels linking officials to sourced articles, rulings or statements. All content is designed to be navigable without requiring specialist political knowledge.

How does Civic Mirror use AI?

AI is used primarily to process large volumes of public information and convert complex material — such as legislation or court rulings — into readable summaries. The underlying source material remains available, and summaries are intended as entry points, not replacements for original documents.

How can users engage with elected officials through Civic Mirror?

Where verified contact information exists, Civic Mirror allows users to send structured, one-click emails to elected officials about legislation, votes or public actions. The platform also supports pre-written question prompts to help users engage constructively, especially those new to civic participation.

Does Civic Mirror collect or sell user data?

Civic Mirror is designed to minimise data collection. User profiles exist to support engagement features, but the platform is not built around targeted advertising or data monetisation. Long-term sustainability is being approached cautiously, with an emphasis on trust and public value.

What makes Civic Mirror different from existing civic or transparency tools?

Many existing tools focus on a single dimension — voting records, legislation, budgets or elections. Civic Mirror's differentiator is connection: linking roles, decisions, money, events and outcomes so users can see how individual actions fit into a broader system. The emphasis is on continuity rather than snapshots.

Who is Civic Mirror for?

Civic Mirror is for anyone who wants a clearer, more connected understanding of how government works — whether they are voting, researching an issue, attending meetings, or simply trying to stay informed about the institutions that affect their daily lives. It is designed to be usable by people with no prior expertise, while still supporting deeper exploration for advanced users.

What is the long-term vision for Civic Mirror?

The long-term goal is to create durable civic infrastructure — what Pecenica describes as connective tissue between the public and their representatives. Rather than focusing on individual election cycles or controversies, Civic Mirror aims to support ongoing engagement, accountability and institutional memory over time.

What's next for the platform?

Planned enhancements include candidate profiles alongside existing officeholders, improved issue-based filtering (e.g. environment, education, infrastructure), deeper legislative tracking across committees and voting stages, and expanded coverage beyond Indiana. Development is iterative, with user feedback shaping priorities.

Montgomery County

188 seats · 188 filled · 0 vacant

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	✎▶Seat CAND	TIP Name ⊘ AMA	Next Election
▶ Municipal (98: 98 filled, 0 vacant)
+	Mayor	() Michael Zuckerman	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Michael Ortiz	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Alexander Trouteaud	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Michael Zuckerman	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Daniel Ennis	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Daniel Donnelly	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Daniel Ennis	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Nicholas Roy	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Barney Rush	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Richard Brancato	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Carlo Colella	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Tambra Leonard	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Barney Rush	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Thomas George	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Peter Marks	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Nancy Somerville	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Edward Tarbutton	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Helen Trybus	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Gary Crockett	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Saul Goodman	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Elissa Leonard	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Louis Morsberger	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Nancy Watters	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Linda Willard	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() David Winstead	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Susan Manning	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() John Jacob	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Matthew Nader	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Frederic Press	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Sarah Stephens	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Gregory Chernack	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Sean Downey	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Joshua Galper	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Emily Strulson	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Brooke Thomas	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor, mayor	() Jud Ashman	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Neil Harris	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Lisa Henderson	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Yamil Hernandez	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() James McNulty	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Robert Wu	Nov 3, 2026
+	Gaithersburg, MD	() Neil Harris	Nov 3, 2026
+	Gaithersburg, MD	() Lisa Henderson	Nov 3, 2026
+	Gaithersburg, MD	() Yamil Hernandez	Nov 3, 2026
+	Gaithersburg, MD	() James McNulty	Nov 3, 2026
+	Gaithersburg, MD	() Robert Wu	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Christopher Keller	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Gerilee Bennett	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Christopher Deutsch	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Lisa Max	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Philip Schulp	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() John Stroud	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Dia Costello	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Daniel Spealman	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Matthew Stiglitz	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Dawn Tanner	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Julia Wilson	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Tracey Furman	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Conor Crimmins	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Nathan Engle	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Ann Lichter	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Stuart Sparker	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Charles Hendricks	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Charles Bradsher	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() E Burke III	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Amy Koval	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Christina Pellegrino	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Arthur Alexander	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Jeffrey Blander	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Susan Fattig	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Andrew Kauders	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Alexa Spencer	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Adrian Andreassi	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Brian Hoffner	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Olga Joos	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Jonathan Macy	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Maury Mechanick	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() James Brown	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() James Brown	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Bryan Bupp	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() H Hobbs	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Sarah Paksima	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Edward Reed	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor, mayor	() Bridget Newton	Nov 3, 2026
+	Rockville, MD	() Monique Ashton	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Adam Grack	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() D Jackson	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member, at large	() Monique Ashton	Nov 3, 2026
+	Rockville City Council Member Dist at large	(D) Beryl Feinberg	Nov 3, 2026
+	Rockville City Council Member Dist at large	(D) David Myles	Nov 3, 2026
+	Rockville City Council Member Dist at large	(D) Mark Pierzchala	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() Robin Barr	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Robin Barr	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Debbie Heller	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Rohit Khanna	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Kabir Kumar	Nov 3, 2026
+	City Council Member	() Shannon Rovak	Nov 3, 2026
+	Mayor	() John Compton	Nov 3, 2026
▶ School (12: 12 filled, 0 vacant)
+	School Board Member Dist 002	(N) Laura M Stewart	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist 002	(N) Natalie Zimmerman	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	(D) John McCarthy	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	(N) Rita Montoya	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	() Grace Rivera-Oven	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	() Karla Silvestre	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	() Laura Stewart	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	() Brenda Wolff	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member Dist AT LARGE	() Julie Yang	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member, 2	() Rebecca Smondrowski	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member, 4	() Shebra Evans	Nov 3, 2026
+	School Board Member, NA	() Lynne Harris	Nov 3, 2026
▶ County (25: 25 filled, 0 vacant)
+	Clerk of the Circuit Court	(D) Karen Bushell AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Executive	(D) Marc Elrich	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	() Gabriel Albornoz	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Marilyn Balcombe	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Shebra Evans	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Natali Fani-Gonzalez	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Will Jawando	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Dawn Luedtke	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Kristin Mink	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Laurie-Anne Sayles	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator	(D) Kathleen Stewart	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, 1	() Andrew Friedson	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, 2	() Craig Rice	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, 3	() Sidney Katz	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, 4	() Nancy Navarro	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, 5	() Tom Hucker	Nov 3, 2026
+	County Legislator, at-large	() Evan Glass	Nov 3, 2026
+	Montgomery County Commissioner Dist 1	(D) Andrew Friedson	Nov 3, 2026
+	Montgomery County Commissioner Dist 2	(D) Craig Rice	Nov 3, 2026
+	Montgomery County Commissioner Dist 3	(D) Sidney Katz	Nov 3, 2026
+	Montgomery County Commissioner Dist 4	(D) Nancy Navarro	Nov 3, 2026
+	Montgomery County Commissioner Dist 5	(D) Tom Hucker	Nov 3, 2026
+	Montgomery County Commissioner Dist at-large	(D) Evan Glass	Nov 3, 2026
+	Prosecutor	() John Mccarthy	Nov 3, 2026
+	Register of Wills	(D) Paul Dollahite	Nov 3, 2026
▶ Judicial (25: 25 filled, 0 vacant)
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Anne Albright	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Kevin Arthur	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Stuart Berger	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Daniel Friedman	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Kathryn Graeff	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Stephen Kehoe	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Andrea Leahy	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Douglas Nazarian	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Michael Reed	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Laura Ripken	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Melanie Shaw	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Rosalyn Tang	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() E. Wells	Nov 3, 2026
+	Appellate Court Judge	() Terrence Zic	Nov 3, 2026
+	Judge Dist CIRCUIT 006	(N) Marybeth Ayres	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Jonathan Biran	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Brynja Booth	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Angela Eaves	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Matthew Fader	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Steven Gould	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Peter Killough	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Supreme Court Justice	() Shirley Watts	Nov 3, 2026
+	Orphans' Court Judge	(D) Joseph Griffin	Nov 3, 2026
+	State's Attorney	(D) Marc Elrich	Nov 3, 2026
+	State's Attorney	(D) John Mccarthy FORMER AMA	Nov 3, 2026
▶ State (18: 18 filled, 0 vacant)
+	MD Governor	(D) Wes Moore 2	Nov 3, 2026
+	MD Attorney General	(D) Anthony Brown	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Brian Feldman AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Cheryl Kagan AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Nancy King AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Ben Kramer AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Sara Love AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Will Smith AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Jeff Waldstreicher AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland Senate District 14	(D) Craig Zucker AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Lorig Charkoudian AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Linda Foley AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Lesley Lopez AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Pam Queen AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Jared Solomon AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Ryan Spiegel AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Vaughn Stewart AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	Maryland House of Delegates District 14	(D) Teresa Woorman AMA	Nov 3, 2026
▶ Federal (10: 10 filled, 0 vacant)
	U.S. Representative — District 4	(D) Glenn Ivey AMA	Nov 3, 2026
	U.S. Representative — District 6	(D) April McClain Delaney AMA	Nov 3, 2026
	U.S. Representative — District 8	(D) Jamie Raskin 2 AMA	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) Adam Abelson	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) Richard Bennett	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) Deborah Boardman	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) James Bredar	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) Deborah Chasanow	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) Theodore Chuang	Nov 3, 2026
+	U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland	(N) Stephanie Gallagher	Nov 3, 2026

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