Elections

D.C.'s largest public-sector labor union endorsed Robert C. White Jr. for mayor, snubbing incumbent D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) just weeks after Bowser signed a new contract with the city’s workers.

A delay for the tipped minimum wage vote could have major consequences, and much of the blame lies with BOE.

At-Large D.C. Councilmember and mayoral contender Robert White is aiming to keep fellow lawmaker Trayon White (D-Ward 8) off the ballot for June mayoral primary. It’s a potentially consequential move that if successful could set up a more…

D.C. voters will decide — again — whether to raise the minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers.

Initiative 82, the renewed effort to raise the District’s base minimum wage for tipped workers, will appear on the November ballot.

The D.C. Board of Elections ruled Wednesday that an initiative that would phase out the tipped wage in the city can appear on the ballot, potentially leaving voters to decide the hotly debated issue for the second time in four years.

Henry Cohen has a campaign manager who’s not old enough to vote, a budget of almost zero dollars and the pesky obligation to be in high school classes all day while his competitors are out campaigning. Even so, the 18-year-old is mounting…

D.C. mayoral candidate Robert C. White Jr.'s campaign is challenging the validity of thousands of petition signatures submitted by Trayon White Sr., one of his opponents in the race — a move that, if successful, would winnow the field for…

District voters will grade some of their leaders (and their challengers) by way of the ballot box this year. An evaluation of their work will be reflected in report cards handed out on primary day, June 21, and in the general election,…

D.C. public schools were in disrepair. Textbooks took forever to move from warehouses to classrooms. New teachers’ paychecks got lost in the system, and daily student attendance went largely untracked. There was no uniform curriculum and…

Over the last few months, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has poured resources into public education and public safety as a show of her commitment to curbing violent crime and improving the quality of education in the District.

D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is seen as one of the front-runners in the race for attorney general, but his run for the office could well be complicated by 23 vague words in the city’s law.

D.C. attorney general candidate Bruce V. Spiva formally challenged Kenyan R. McDuffie’s candidacy for the position Tuesday, alleging that McDuffie, the council member who represents Ward 5, does not meet the minimum qualifications to run. …

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is poised to have three challengers in the upcoming D.C. mayoral primary, including two members of the D.C. Council, after the District’s Board of Elections offered a preliminary determination Monday of which…

A proposed initiative that would let voters decide whether to eliminate the tipped wage in D.C. remains in limbo as election officials scramble to check whether it will qualify for the June 21 ballot. The initiative’s fate hangs on the…

D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. had the prime seat at an education-focused mayoral debate Wednesday evening. Alone, mostly.

The 18-year-old says it’s no joke: He’s serious about bringing attention to school issues with his campaign.

With just under 50 minutes to go until the start of a D.C. mayoral candidate forum, Trayon White Sr. was six miles away, busy collecting signatures outside a Safeway near the Southwest Waterfront.

Graham McLaughlin opened his campaign for D.C. Council on Saturday with a prayer.

D.C. candidates for mayor came face to face on Sunday to share their plans to address some of the city’s top priorities.