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Muriel Bowser won election to a third term in the 2022 election becoming the first mayor to win a third term in the city's history. [1] The District of Columbia Home Rule Act states that "not more than two of the at-large members shall be nominated by the same political party" which results in the Democratic Party being unable to run in all at-large districts. [2]
On August 9, 2024, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign announced that they submitted 19,000 signatures to put Kennedy on the ballot in the District of Columbia. [7] This total is more than the votes George W. Bush received in 2000 , John McCain received in 2008 , and Donald Trump received in 2016 and 2020 .
The election coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House, elections to the United States Senate, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton was first elected in 1991 and re-elected in 2022 with 86.5% of the vote. [1]
The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government offices, including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
Receiving an endorsement from The Washington Post, Eric Goulet became the premier moderate candidate in the race and raised a significant amount of money from outside groups such as the DC Association of Realtors and Democrats for Education Reform. On June 13, spurred by massive outside spending from pro-charter school groups, Tricia Duncan ...
The 2024 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect a shadow member to the United States House of Representatives to represent the District of Columbia.
The 2026 Washington, D.C. mayoral election will be held on November 8, 2026, to elect the mayor of Washington, D.C.. Incumbent mayor Muriel Bowser is serving her third term and is eligible for re-election.
Starting in 1974, [3] there have been thirteen elections for mayor and six people have held the office. The Democratic Party has immense political strength in the district. In each of the mayoral elections, the district has solidly voted for the Democratic candidate, with no margin less than 14 percentage points. The mayor serves a four-year ...