General Election 2018

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

The Democratic Socialists of America are on the rise nationwide, and the D.C. chapter is currently focusing their efforts on the ANC races.

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…

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.”

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…

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.…

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.