Elections

The D.C. Court of Appeals has agreed with the Board of Elections’ ruling that Council member Kenyan McDuffie is not qualified to run for the seat of attorney general.

The Ward 8 councilmember will see a $282,000 windfall, but how closely are officials scrutinizing his reports?

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a Board of Elections ruling that knocked attorney general candidate Kenyan R. McDuffie off the June primary ballot, accepting a rival’s argument that McDuffie’s decade on the D.C. Council does…

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals heard 90 minutes of arguments on Wednesday in D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s (D-Ward 5) bid to be put back on the ballot for attorney general, after the Board of Elections deemed him…

Brian Schwalb, Bruce Spiva, and Ryan Jones could soon find themselves in a wide-open contest.

On the same day last week that D.C. mayoral candidate Robert C. White Jr. unveiled a plan to guarantee a job to any D.C. resident who wants one, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced that the number of people suffering from homelessness in…

Three men running to be D.C.’s attorney general sparred on Tuesday evening about what makes a lawyer most qualified for the job, in a candidates forum in which perhaps the loudest answer to that question came from who was not onstage.

Allies of Kenyan McDuffie’s campaign for D.C. attorney general are waiting for a ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals to keep his candidacy alive and will go an extra step and ask the D.C. Council to change the law on an emergency basis to…

Ward 5 D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie, faced with the decision of the D.C. Board of Elections to remove him from the June 21 Democratic primary ballot in his quest for attorney general because he failed to fully qualify for the…

Eight of nine in hotly contested race participate in virtual debate

Anita Bonds started in D.C. politics a half-century ago as a behind-the-scenes player. She helped Marion Barry run for school board in 1971 and then mayor, and joined his administration and the two that followed. Then on a fateful day a…

The fundraiser held on Dec. 6, 2021 was seemingly routine: a small group of well-heeled supporters gathered at the Georgetown home of real estate developer Marc Duber to contribute up to $500 a person to Councilmember Brooke Pinto (D-Ward…

With less than two months to go until D.C.’s primary, over the weekend the four candidates running for mayor appeared together at their first debate since early March.

On Friday, a sniper targeted students and adults near a school in Northwest Washington and left four injured before taking his own life. Three other people were hurt in a separate shooting in Northwest Washington and the gunman remained on…

The D.C. Board of Elections has rejected an effort challenging signatures collected by D.C. Council member Trayon White in his mayoral bid, clearing the way for him to appear on the ballot in the June primary.

The D.C. Board of Elections found his campaign had collected enough valid signatures following a challenge from At-Large Councilmember Robert White

Council member Trayon White narrowly survived what would have been a death knell to his mayoral candidacy, after the D.C. Board of Elections rejected a rival candidate's claim that he did not turn in enough valid signatures to qualify for…

Trayon White Sr. has survived a challenge to his candidacy for mayor of D.C. brought earlier this month by Robert C. White Jr.'s mayoral campaign, securing his spot on the Democratic primary ballot after the city’s elections board ruled…

D.C. Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8) will be on the ballot in the mayor’s race for the June 21 primary, following an unsuccessful attempt by fellow candidate Councilmember Robert White (D-At Large) to slim down the field that voters…

D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D-At Large) says that if he’s elected mayor he’ll guarantee a job for any D.C. resident who wants one, a massive initiative he says will serve to tamp down on crime by creating thousands of new green jobs…