City Paper: Jewel Stroman Sets Her Sights on Elected Office
Formerly homeless and a fierce advocate for those who suffer the same, she's running for a Ward 7 ANC seat.
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WAMU: Bowser Violated Campaign Finance Laws By Holding Rally For Council Candidates, Group Says
Government watchdog organization Public Citizen says D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser potentially violated campaign finance laws when she hosted a get-out-the-vote rally earlier this month where two candidates for the D.C. Council were fêted as…
Washington Post: D.C. failed to include ‘postage required’ on 10,000 absentee ballot envelopes
An oversight by the D.C. Board of Elections meant more than 10,000 absentee ballot envelopes sent to voters did not include a reminder to include stamps, creating confusion two weeks before Election Day. Those envelopes normally have an…
DCist: WaPo Editorial Board Endorsed Local Candidates. How Often Do People Listen To Them?
On Friday evening, the Washington Post editorial board published its local endorsements for the 2018 general election. Per usual, local politicos either cheered the newspaper's picks or expressed utter disgust with them—including some…
Washington Post: An ‘urban Republican’ runs for city council in Trump-despising, Democratic D.C.
Michael Bekesha, a Republican candidate for a D.C. Council seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, stood by his booth at the H Street Festival on a sunny October Saturday, having a perfectly civil exchange with two Ward 6 residents.
The Post Editorial Board: The Post’s endorsements for D.C. Council
WITH MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser (D), Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D), D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) — all of whom we have endorsed — facing nominal challenges in their reelection bids,…
DCist: DCision 2018: Your General Election Voting Guide
The November 6 election day is fast approaching, and in D.C., you can cast a ballot even sooner than that—early voting begins on October 22 at these locations and lasts through November 2. Remember: D.C. has same-day voter registration. You…
Washington Blade: GLAA awards high scores to Reeder, Silverman
Lesbian businesswoman Dionne Reeder, who’s running as an independent for an at-large D.C. Council seat, received a rating of +7 from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, the same rating that GLAA gave to Mayor Muriel Bowser.
WAMU: A Voter Guide To Candidates For D.C. State Board of Education
This year, in an unusual showing, some D.C. State Board of Education candidates have raised a considerable amount of money ahead of the Nov. 6 election. State board members have had limited authority in the District, but given the scandals…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Come on, D.C. We can do better than to sink to the tone of national politics.
D.C., please stop trying to act like the rest of the nation. It’s not flattering. What should have been a straightforward D.C. Council race is now being infused with the same type of bitterness that has taken over national politics. It now…
Washington Post: Money continues to trickle into unusually expensive D.C. State Board of Education races
Money continues to trickle to the candidates running to be on the D.C. State Board of Education — positions that wield little power in the District but have attracted significant amounts of money. More than $225,000 has flowed into four…
Washington Post: D.C. mayor rallies for Reeder in effort to oust Silverman
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Sunday rallied hundreds of supporters to back Dionne Reeder for a citywide council seat, the latest in an unprecedented attempt by the mayor to oust an incumbent lawmaker.
Washington Post: ‘A Band-Aid is off’: In a changing D.C., race infuses bitter campaign
Race is a subject many in D.C. politics prefer not to discuss. But it is at the forefront of the city’s most competitive election this fall. That contest pits incumbent D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) — white, Jewish and a…
WAMU: Mayor Bowser Goes All In To Unseat Incumbent D.C. Council Member Silverman
By day, she’s the mayor of the District of Columbia. But on Wednesday evening, Muriel Bowser was just another voter sitting through a debate between a half-dozen candidates running for two At-Large seats on the D.C. Council.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor’s endorsement unleashes flood of money to Silverman challenger
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s recent embrace of Dionne Reeder, who is trying to unseat D.C. Council Member Elissa Silverman next month, has filled Reeder’s campaign coffers - with much of the cash coming from Bowser’s donor network.
City Paper: D.C. Democratic Socialists Are Going Hyperlocal for the Upcoming General Election
The Democratic Socialists of America are on the rise nationwide, and the D.C. chapter is currently focusing their efforts on the ANC races.
Curbed: D.C. voting registration deadline is Oct. 16
If Taylor Swift has inspired you to register to vote, the time is nigh in the District. The main deadline for registering to cast a ballot in the general election scheduled for Nov. 6 is next Tuesday, Oct. 16, according to the D.C. Board of…
Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: D.C. Republicans don’t like D.C. Republicans
The nation’s capital has been breeding progressive voters for so long that when real Republicans turn up on a ballot, social and fiscal conservatives think RINO and Democrats look for candidates who are designated by a “D” or “independent.”
Washington Post: Why is so much money flowing into D.C.’s school board races?
The checks are flowing in from across the country: $200 from a charter school principal in New York, $100 from a Silicon Valley employee, another $100 from a school leadership consultant in North Carolina. The money, more than $150,000 and…
Washington Post: In D.C., a rare public display of mayoral muscle
On a recent afternoon, almost a year after launching her long-shot campaign for the D.C. Council, Dionne Reeder found herself in a downtown restaurant facing a flurry of questions from the District’s most powerful Democrat. Mayor Muriel E.…