The Gaithersburg Board of Supervisors of Elections officially certified the winners of the Gaithersburg 2025 municipal election. Jud Ashman is elected Mayor and Lisa Henderson and Jim McNulty are elected as City Council Members. They will each serve a four-year term. The next municipal election for three City Council Members will take place on November 2, 2027.

The re-elected officials will be sworn in at a special session of the Mayor and City Council on Monday, November 17, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting can be viewed live on YouTube, Facebook and X @GburgMD, and can be watched via Teams with pre-registration here. The Meeting will also air live on the City’s cable TV channels, available countywide on Comcast 1073, and within City limits on RCN 13 and Verizon FiOS 25.

After approving authorized mail-in and provisional ballots, the total number of ballots cast in the November 4, 2025, election was 6,273. The voter turnout was officially 14.83%. This compares to a voter turnout of 12.12% in the 2023 City of Gaithersburg election for three City Council members.

Voters had the option of voting by mail or casting their vote in-person at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, the only polling place for this election. Same-day voter registration was available for in-person voting, with voters casting provisional ballots pending approval. There were 2,818 votes cast in-person. Of those, 146 were provisional ballots that were subsequently reviewed by the Board of Supervisors of Elections. There were 3,309 mail-in votes for this election.

Candidates must be qualified voters in the City at the time of the election and must be City residents for at least one year immediately preceding their election. They must also reside in Gaithersburg during their term in office. All the newly re-elected officials met these requirements.

Mayoral Race	Total Votes	Percentage
Jud Ashman	4,582	73.45%
Tiffany Kelly	1,656	26.55%

Two City Council Seats	Total Votes	Percentage
Lisa Henderson	4,431	37.06%
Jim McNulty	3,705	30.99%
Chris Thoms	2,176	18.2%
Omodamola Williams	1,644	13.75%

• Total ballots cast: 6,273
• Voter Turnout Officially: 14.83%
• Provisional Ballots: 146

For more information contact the City Clerk’s Office at 240-805-1040 or cityelections@gaithersburgmd.gov.