{"id":8,"date":"2026-04-23T23:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howardcosite.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:15:37","slug":"elementor-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Christiana Rigby for Howard County Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387e85e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"387e85e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base e-87259ef-64f2aa2\" data-interaction-id=\"87259ef\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"87259ef\" id=\"13\" src=\"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720.png\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720.png 1920w, https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720-1536x576.png 1536w, https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720-1200x450.png 1200w, https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RIGBY-v4.2_1920x720-1400x525.png 1400w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2700cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e2700cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-624ec1cc elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"624ec1cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>Since 2018, Councilwoman Christiana Rigby has delivered for Howard County District 3. <\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616477b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"616477b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ec8827 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62ec8827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>As a parent and lifelong Democrat,<\/b> she is focused on strengthening our communities for our families and kids. Christiana is a trusted leader, proven policymaker, and ready to serve as your County Councilwoman for the next four years.<\/p><p>During her time on the County Council:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Christiana delivered real, measurable results for our community<\/strong> by focusing on lowering costs and increasing affordability. She passed legislation to expand affordable and accessible housing options, raised the minimum wage, and provided free bus passes for students.<\/li><li><strong>She took bold action to protect the environment and lower energy costs<\/strong> at county government facilities, public schools, and Howard Community College. Christiana has supported policies to conserve 40% of Howard County\u2019s land by 2040, expanded access to community solar, and is committed to making clean, affordable energy easier for residents to adopt.<\/li><li>In her first year in office, her colleagues <strong>unanimously elected Christiana to serve as Chair of the Council<\/strong>, becoming the youngest woman ever to serve in that role.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e87471 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26e87471\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57564e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57564e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Don&#8217;t forget to vote early or in person by June 23rd! Early voting opens June 11th.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796ff3f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"796ff3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50769b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50769b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>This message has been authorized and paid for by Maryland REALTORS IEC, 200 S Harry Truman Pkwy, Ste 200, Annapolis, MD, 21401, Chris Drewer, Treasurer. This message has not been authorized or approved by any candidate or ballot issue committee.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a parent and lifelong Democrat, she is focused on strengthening our communities for our families and kids. Christiana is a trusted leader, proven policymaker, and ready to serve as your County Councilwoman for the next four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_genesis_block_theme_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post","with-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/RigbyForCountyCouncil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}