About Me

I’m Adil Ahmed. I’m a 38-year old father of 2 children born in HoCo, husband to a remarkable woman who leads DEI initiatives in public schools across the country, Columbia homeowner who thinks critically about how my taxes are spent, and I’m running for Howard County’s Democratic Central Committee because I have the political and governmental experience to grow the party and affect good governance.

Government Leadership

  • "Day One" presidential appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration, completing President Biden's Presidential Leadership Workshop, a selective program for senior executives at the forefront of implementing the administration's policy goals

  • Counsel for the United States Army, leading on a range of initiatives focused on personnel, COVID response, and Army Corps of Engineers infrastructure projects

  • Chief Counsel for the Chair of the Federal Election Commission, finalizing a rule increasing the affordability of running for office

  • Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of Transportation, leading PHMSA (Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) in delivering a billion dollars of aid to repair publicly owned energy systems across the country

Organizing and Democratic Party Leadership Experience

  • Former union organizer who helped build Maryland’s largest labor union

  • Deputy Voter Protection Director for President Biden’s historic 2020 campaign

  • Counsel for the Harris-Walz 2024 presidential campaign

  • Former Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO

  • Former Vice President of the Alliance of South Asian American Labor

Community Involvment

  • Secretary of my Homeowners' Association in Phelps Luck, Long Reach Village

  • Director for the Owen Brown Village Community Association

  • Advisory Council for Muslim Americans in Public Service

  • Former pro-bono counsel for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund

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Platform

  • Internal Organizing: we can only expand the tent if we bring in more people. The Party's elected leaders should cover "turf" regularly to ensure all of Howard County has a voice within the party. We should have an open door for others and be willing to walk through new doors ourselves.

  • New American and Young Voter Outreach: Howard County is a county of immigrants and families, and we should be reaching out to new citizens and newly registered voters to understand what kind of politics they want to see from their party and educate them about the political process.

  • Meet Howard County Residents Where They Are: We must creatively tell the story of what our elected officials are working on, what motivates them to work on it, and we must commit to listening in new ways. Not everyone has time to go to a meeting in-person or on Zoom. We must meet our neighbors where they are (Reddit, podcasts, TikTok, farmers markets, places of worship, soccer fields, pickleball courts, etc.)

  • Candidate Questionnaires: We must ask candidates pointed questions on the record so that voters know what they stand for and so that voters know who they are voting for. For example: Do they take money from PACs that support the for-profit gun industry? Will they refrain from taking money from certain PACs that support foreign governments violating international human rights laws? Endorsements should not be contingent on these questions, but the information should be available for the public's awareness.