Bissett for Executive Redux

Ending months of suspense and speculation (not really), former Republican candidate for County Executive, and now current Republican candidate for County Executive, Phil Bissett filed his paperwork to run earlier this week. "It's a new year ... and we wanted to renew our effort to get our job done, to finish the job that we started four years ago," offered Bissett, inadvertently referring to the "job" of losing a tight race to Janet Owens in 2002.

Bissett was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1991-1999.

The race for Executive promises a crowded field, particularly on the Republican side, with Delegates John Leopold and David Boschert in the mix, as well as teacher Tom Angelis (another repeat entrant), and Gregory Nourse, a county school official.