LinkLinks DCist: The Mayoral Race 150 Years Ago Was As Contentious As This Year’s Primary Is Sleepy By Editor On Jun 19, 2018 Last updated May 10, 2022 57 Share It’s hard to imagine a sleepier election than the District’s mayoral primary. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s nomination for the Democratic party appears all but certain as the incumbent faces two challengers with little name recognition and limited campaign war chests. This month, however, marks 150 years since one of the District’s closest, most contentious mayoral elections—a post-Civil War contest that pitted the city’s white voters against African Americans voting in the first mayoral elections since Congress granted them suffrage in 1867. DC History 57 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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