Elections

A familiar face on D.C.’s State Board of Education has launched a bid to join the D.C. Council.

The chairman of the D.C. Board of Elections D. Michael Bennett will step down on September 30, relinquishing the position before the primaries next year.

D.C. Board of Elections Chairman D. Michael Bennett will step down from the three-member board Sept. 30, he said in an interview, leaving the position vacant ahead of the 2022 primaries.

Last fall, at-large Council member Christina Henderson (I) clinched electoral victory in a crowded field of two dozen candidates. Not long after entering office, she engaged council colleagues and constituents about how to ensure that…

Ward 3 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Monika Nemeth, who became the first known transgender person to win election to public office in D.C. when she won her ANC seat in 2018, says she plans to run as a Democrat for the Ward 3 D.C.…

Gordon-Andrew Fletcher, a commissioner for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission who chairs the Ward 5 Democrats, is running for the Ward 5 D.C. Council seat.

A majority of D.C. councilmembers are supporting a bill that would bring ranked-choice voting to D.C. as soon as 2024.

Former D.C. Council member Vincent Orange is voicing interest in running for reelection to the council either as the Ward 5 representative or as an at-large lawmaker in 2022.

The most interesting action hinges on AG Karl Racine’s plans, which could set into motion a domino effect for the Ward 5 seat—Kenyan McDuffie is rumored to have his eye on the AG’s office.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) filed papers this week to run for reelection in 2022, seeking a fourth term that would make him the longest-serving chairman in council history.

A solo practitioner lawyer from the District said Monday that he will run for D.C. attorney general in 2022, potentially challenging incumbent Karl A. Racine in the all-important Democratic primary.

One corner of town saw an 8 percent swing toward Trump.

Community activists are raising questions about the fairness of last month’s election for advisory neighborhood commissioner in single member district 7F07 after the D.C. Board of Elections disqualified a write-in candidate for a…

Joel Caston has filled many roles during his 26 years of incarceration, from youth mentor to published author to financial literacy instructor for his fellow inmates.

Officials across the region exhaled this week after a general election marked by firsts. Record numbers of people voted in Virginia, which like Maryland and the District saw expanded options and historic increases in early voting. Ballot…

Every four years, each state and the District of Columbia selects a group of people who will be responsible for officially casting electoral votes for president and vice president. And in the District, those positions have typically been…

WITH 23 CANDIDATES vying for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council, it was inevitable that the winners would fail to secure a majority of the vote. Indeed, they didn’t even come close. At-large incumbent Robert White (D) got 26 percent of…

The last time female councilmembers held a majority on the council was in the 1990s.

It wasn't a good year for endorsements—unless you're Karl Racine.

This was supposed to be the year the ascendant left upended the establishment in D.C. politics.