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The District of Columbia Democratic State Committee (DC Dems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the District of Columbia.. As of March 31, 2016, Democrats make up 76 percent of the registered voters in the District of Columbia, while 6 percent are registered with the Republican Party (represented by the District of Columbia Republican Committee), 1 percent with the D.C. Statehood ...
The Democratic Party has immense political strength in the district. In each of the 16 presidential elections, the district has overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic candidate, with no margin less than 56.5 percentage points. It has been won by the losing candidate in 9 of the 16 elections.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States federal district Washington, D.C. With the enactment of the 23rd amendment to the Constitution in 1961, [1] the district has been permitted to participate in presidential elections. It is part of the "blue wall", [2] having voted for all Democratic nominees since ...
The 2024 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary was held on June 4, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 52 delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.
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]
Thus, the district was expected to be a certain lock for Kamala Harris in 2024. [2] Harris won the district overwhelmingly with 90.28% of the vote. The district was both Harris' strongest electoral jurisdiction and county-equivalent jurisdiction, voting more Democratic than all state counties in the United States. [3]
The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a non-voting delegate to represent the District of Columbia in the United States House of Representatives.
Incumbent Shadow Representative Oye Owolewa faced a primary challenge from Linda Gray, the vice chairwoman of the Washington D.C. Democratic Party, who was his opponent in 2022. He defeated her by a margin of 16%.