MoCo council members bank on deep war chests for Sept. primary

Montgomery County Council members have lined their campaign war chests with hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance of the Sept. 14 primary, a financial edge that political observers expect to yield a mostly unchanged council in coming months.

Councilwoman Duchy Trachtenberg, D-at large, has so far amassed more than $312,000 in contributions, campaign finance records show, and most council members secured more than $100,000 in donations.