Elections

When Matt Murray emerged from his polling place at the Chevy Chase Rec Center on Tuesday, he admitted he was a little bewildered by the ballot he had to vote on — notably the D.C. Council’s At-Large race and its 23 active candidates.

D.C.’s newest councilmembers are poised to shift the 13-member legislature further to the left next year — even if it’s not by as much as some had hoped.

After hours-long waits at polls and problems with absentee ballots plagued the June primary, D.C.’s election officials were skating on thin ice. Faced with calls for their resignation, they could have played it safe and just reverted back…

Advocates were happy that Ward 8 residents decided on a Black Washingtonian instead. Robin McKinney won 50% of the vote.

Ballots are still being counted and some key battleground states are still up for grabs, but in the District, we know that DC's three electoral college votes will be going to former vice president Joe Biden. We're also learning more about…

Gay education advocate Allister Chang has won his race for a seat on the D.C. State Board of Education for Ward 2, becoming the only one of six openly gay candidates running in Tuesday’s D.C. election to emerge as a winner for seats on the…

Women will be the majority on the D.C. Council, and Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday the news “makes me very happy.”

Local business leaders are breathing a sigh of relief over the results of the at-large D.C. Council race, celebrating the apparent defeat of Democratic Socialist-endorsed Ed Lazere in favor of the more moderate Christina Henderson.

A majority of the D.C. Council will be women for the first time in more than 20 years, and a majority will be Black for the first time since 2012, after voters chose a young mother who calls herself a “pragmatic progressive” from a field…

Christina Henderson is "cautiously optimistic" after seeing the preliminary results. She would be the third millennial woman elected to the D.C. Council in 2020.

Christina Henderson, a former staffer for Councilmember David Grosso, is leading the pack to win one of two open At-:arge seats on the D.C. Council.

To some, it might feel like D-Day, but it’s definitely E-Day: Voting in 2020 election has wrapped in D.C. Results are coming in.

The Ward 8 State Board of Education member and D.C. Council at-large is fighting for recognition in a crowded field.

A D.C. ballot initiative to decriminalize the use of magic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances had a commanding lead Tuesday after a months-long campaign in which supporters collected signatures during the height of the coronavirus…

Former D.C. Council aide Christina Henderson was leading her closest competitors Tuesday evening in the crowded field seeking an at-large seat on the council, according to early returns.

With support from local progressive groups and plenty of financing, the policy wonk appears to be a frontrunner in the at-large race.

Mónica Palacio and Franklin Garcia make final pitches to voters on Election Day.

The voting process aims to make sure winning candidates also get 50 percent of the vote.

On Nov. 3, voters around the D.C. region lined up early on the chilly, sunny morning to cast their ballots.

D.C. voters were weighing a ballot initiative Tuesday to decriminalize the use of magic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances after a months-long campaign in which supporters collected signatures during the height of the coronavirus…