Elections

The first time Vance Contee ever voted in his life, he did it from the confines of a federal prison in central Florida.

With more than 18 years helming influential roles inside District government, Eric Goulet has some marquee achievements, including balancing budgets during the Great Recession and brokering a deal for a new $300 million hospital in Ward 8.…

Tom Sherwood offers some advice to candidates in the final weeks before the Democratic primary.

Catch up on the race to replace AG Karl Racine before voting begins in earnest.

The glossy fliers have been arriving in D.C. residents’ mailboxes in recent weeks: Ward 3 council candidate Eric Goulet (D) would bring “safer streets” and “stronger schools.” Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) knows how to “fight and win for us,”…

Haven’t been paying attention to the race for mayor? Here’s how to catch up.

When D.C. voters look at their ballots for this month’s Democratic primary, they’ll have to choose one candidate in each race, sometimes from a long list — in Ward 3, nine people are on the ballot for the council seat; in Ward 5, seven…

Vincent Orange has been around D.C. politics for a long time — and there’s money he owes to prove it.

Everything my father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., fought for is under attack. By some counts, things have gotten worse since my daughter was born than they were when Dad was alive. Rights that Americans hold dear are under assault…

When Eric Jones sees neighbors who still have signs in their yards supporting Kenyan R. McDuffie for the District’s next attorney general — even though the former candidate was disqualified from running weeks ago — he stops to talk.

The three leading D.C. mayoral candidates fought over how to reduce crime and lower housing costs during a televised in-person debate Wednesday night, less than three weeks before the June 21 Democratic primary and as more than 10,000…

The primary election in D.C. is less than three weeks away, and rising homicide numbers were a central issue as Democratic candidates running for mayor met to debate Wednesday.

Freed from their Zoom squares to stand side-by-side onstage in front of a whooping and chanting audience, D.C.’s Democratic mayoral candidates showed sharper elbows Wednesday night in what may be their last significant chance to debate one…

At a televised debate Wednesday night, council members Robert White and Trayon White attacked Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to increase police funding, arguing the city needs more violence intervention and opportunities for young people.

D.C. mayoral hopeful James Q. Butler won’t be taking the debate stage Wednesday night after the U.S. District Court dismissed his case against host Georgetown University for excluding him.

The legal fight between Georgetown University and a Democratic candidate for D.C. mayor has ended, according to a judicial ruling.

D.C. mayoral candidate James Butler is asking local courts to allow him to be included in a planned debate Wednesday night that will feature the other three Democratic contenders for mayor, arguing that he was unfairly excluded.

DC has long welcomed new residents from other locales. In fact, since the 1970s, transplants have consistently made up 70-80% of the District’s population.

The District is picking its top leaders for a pivotal new era.

Today is the final day for registered voters to change their party affiliation. D.C. voters must be registered with one of the parties (Republican, Democratic, D.C. Statehood Green, or Libertarian) to vote in the primary.