Elections

Two more candidates are running against longtime D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D), the at-large member who chairs the committee charged with overseeing the city’s beleaguered housing authority.

Voting by mail may be here to stay in the District, if new legislation introduced by the city council goes through.

Like voting by mail? New legislation in the D.C. Council would make it permanent for every election going forward.

A familiar face is joining the Ward 5 D.C. Council race.

Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. plans to run again for the Ward 5 council seat in 2022, nine years after he went to prison for stealing taxpayer funds intended for children.

Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. tells Axios he will run for his former seat in Ward 5, nine years after resigning and serving a prison sentence for stealing public funds.

MPD used tear gas on protesters around Lafayette Park in the summer of 2020.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced early Thursday that she’ll run for a third term in office, making the expected leap into what’s shaping up to be a competitive race for the Democratic primary in June 2022.

The D.C. Council on Thursday will start working its way through a sweeping rewrite of the city’s criminal code, a deep-in-the-weeds and yet potentially consequential effort to better define crimes, clarify terms and penalties, and repeal…

Two-term D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is officially seeking another four years in office.

Muriel E. Bowser said she will run for a third term as mayor of Washington in 2022, asking voters to grant her four more years to manage the city’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and see through developments in housing and health…

Vincent B. Orange, a former member of the D.C. Council, filed paperwork Monday to run for the Ward 5 seat he once held for eight years.

Former D.C. Council member Vincent Orange wants to return to the District’s legislative body by reclaiming his old seat as the Ward 5 lawmaker and reminding voters of his experience and successes.

Council members Robert White (D-At Large) and Trayon White (D-Ward 8) say the wealth gap and racial disparities have not been sufficiently addressed.

When D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ran for reelection in 2018, she faced only nominal opposition. She breezed to victory with more than 75 percent of the vote in both the critical Democratic primary and the general election, becoming the…

D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie recently launched a bid for the 2022 Democratic nomination for District attorney general, forgoing a reelection bid for a third term on the Council to pursue the soon-to-be-vacant position.

The Ward 5 councilmember will give up his seat at the end of his term, leaving the race wide open.

D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is running for attorney general, confirming longstanding rumors about his plans. In the process, he leaves the race for his council seat as one of the most open and competitive this election…

Council member Kenyan McDuffie, who represents Ward 5, is running for D.C. attorney general.

D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie launched his campaign to become the District's attorney general on Thursday morning.