D.C. Voters Choose New Mayor as Janeese Lewis George Leads Race
Lewis George won 54% of the Democratic primary vote and faces little opposition in a city where Democrats dominate registration.
- On Tuesday, Washington voters head to the polls to elect a new mayor for the first time in over a decade, with Democratic Council member Janeese Lewis George heavily favored to succeed Mayor Muriel Bowser.
- Lewis George won the Democratic primary by capturing 54% of the vote, far outpacing six rivals including former Council member Kenyan McDuffie to secure her party's nomination.
- Washington has exclusively elected Democratic mayors since 1973, with approximately three of every four residents registered as Democrats, while Bowser completes her third four-year term.
- Republican President Donald Trump federalized the city's police force and deployed the National Guard last year after declaring a crime emergency, setting up potential friction with the incoming mayor.
- Lewis George has pledged to aggressively resist federal intervention into local affairs, challenging moves by Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress that limit the city's limited autonomy under Home Rule.
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The Seattle TimesDemocratic socialist the heavy favorite as nation’s capital elects its 1st new mayor in 12 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the nation’s capital are electing their first new mayor in 12 years, and a self-described democratic socialist is heavily favored to win. Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. council member who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is facing DC Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and...
Democratic socialist the heavy favorite as nation’s capital elects its 1st new mayor in 12 years – WTOP News
Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. council member who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is facing D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and 11 write-in candidates.
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Democratic socialist the heavy favorite as nation's capital elects its 1st new mayor in 12 years
Voters in the nation's capital are electing their first new mayor in 12 years, and a self-described democratic socialist is heavily favored to win.
DC prepares for fresh leadership as candidates set sights on open mayoral, delegate seats
After winning the Democratic primaries in June for their respective offices, Councilmembers Janeese Lewis George and Robert White are slated to become D.C.’s next mayor and nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives after the current officeholders close their yearslong tenures.
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