Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George elected mayor of Washington, D.C.
She won 84.3% of the vote and will face budget strains, federal oversight and a $1.1 billion deficit as mayor-elect.
- On Tuesday, Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George won D.C.'s mayoral election with 84.34 percent of the vote, securing 151,539 ballots. She will take office January 2 as the city's eighth mayor since the Home Rule law.
- Lewis George, a democratic socialist who rallied voters around pledges to address soaring costs of living, won the Democratic primary earlier this year. She succeeds Mayor Muriel Bowser, who declined to run for a fourth term.
- Addressing supporters at Sycamore & Oak on Tuesday, the mayor-elect called her victory "a declaration that working people deserve a government that works as hard as they do." She promised to tackle affordability and public safety for nearly 700,000 residents.
- Robert White, D.C.'s new delegate to Congress, won his race Tuesday, marking the first time since 1990 the city has chosen both a new mayor and delegate. White succeeds longtime Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who stepped down following effectiveness criticism.
- Despite opposition from President Donald Trump, who has denounced her as a threat, Lewis George expects more allies in Congress next year to help defend the District's local autonomy. Congress retains legislative authority over city affairs.
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Washington, D.C., just voted to put a democratic socialist in charge of the nation’s capital. Council member Janeese Lewis George has won the city’s mayoral race, NBC News projects, one of the most symbolic outcomes of Tuesday’s midterm elections. She faced no Republican opponent, cruising past Robert L. Gross of the DC Statehood Green Party [...]
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