Elections

As the race for a crucial D.C. Council seat enters its home stretch, Dionne Reeder, a third-generation Washingtonian and entrepreneur who branded herself as a collaborator and bridge builder, can now count a bevy of high-profile Black…

Talk to Dionne Reeder’s supporters, and they will insist that Elissa Silverman is the most divisive politician in the city. … But the Reeder camp’s focus on Silverman’s divisiveness may be a way to deflect from the controversial figures…

There hasn’t been a Republican on the DC Council for almost a decade, and Michael Bekesha wants to change that. Running his long-shot campaign from a rented desk at a WeWork near his home in Navy Yard, the attorney is trying to unseat…

D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) on Thursday sparred with Dionne Reeder, an independent challenger who recently gained the backing of Mayor Muriel Bowser (D),over the sweeping paid family and medical leave law that…

Incumbent At-large Councilmember Elissa Silverman released a poll that indicates she is the leading non-Democratic candidate running for one of the two citywide seats, a show of popularity after Mayor Muriel Bowser recently endorsed her…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is backing Dionne Bussey-Reeder in her bid to unseat Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), according to the mayor’s campaign chairman. It’s a major boost for Bussey-Reeder, a first-time candidate who …

The District’s business establishment endured a devastating blow this week when its handpicked candidate to unseat a progressive lawmaker was tossed off the November ballot after it was determined her qualifying petitions were filled with…

At-Large Council candidate dumped by Mayor Williams intends to fill the void left by the disqualification of S. Kathryn Allen.

The mini-drama over fraudulent nominating petitions playing out before D.C.’s Board of Elections proves the new normal in District politics: Business elites and political machines no longer call the shots. On Monday, the elections board is…

The D.C. Board of Elections is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday on allegations of signature fraud that could derail the candidacy of S. Kathryn Allen, the business community’s pick for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council.

The first red flags seemed obvious: Row after row of signatures written in the same handwriting. Some appeared twice. A few belonged to a rival candidate’s staffers. Now, three of the people listed as signature collectors for S. Kathryn…

D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman on Monday sought to knock a challenger off the November ballot, alleging that the opponent’s nominating petitions include nearly 4,000 invalid signatures. S. Kathryn Allen, the challenger who is backed…

Fully two-thirds of all D.C. advisory neighborhood commission (ANC) seats citywide will again have either no candidate running for election or only one uncontested candidate name will appear on the ballot in the November general election.

The first tell was the name, address and signature of the incumbent’s legislative director on the ballot petition of a competitor in the November election for At-Large D.C. Council. One line below, was the signature of a longtime Democratic…

A challenger backed by the city’s business community has outraised D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) in the latest campaign finance period, new filings show. S. Kathryn Allen, an insurance agent and former banking…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is officially on the glide path to become the first D.C. mayor to win reelection since Anthony A. Williams in 2002. Wednesday was the deadline to file as an independent for the November ballot. While a host…

Still feeling patriotic after the Fourth? Want to express your civic engagement by carving out your own electoral fief in the District? Here's how you can do that. As of Monday, registered D.C. voters who have lived in their neighborhoods…

Vince Gray is eyeing a run for his old job as D.C. mayor. Having passed on the Democratic primary, Gray’s only option at this point is to run as an independent. Despite what would be an uphill fight in the overwhelmingly Democratic city,…

Since her election four years ago, D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman has emerged as a leading progressive voice in the District, most prominently co-authoring legislation to require paid family leave for private-sector workers in the…