Vincent Condol Gray is an American politician who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015.
John K. Evans III is an American lawyer and politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 2020 before resigning due to numerous ethics violations. Evans served as the chairman of the board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) until its ethics committee found he violated conflict of interest rules. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Ward 2 of Washington,D.C. from May 1991 to January 2020,making him the D.C. Council's longest-serving lawmaker. He ran for Mayor in 1998 and 2014,but lost in the Democratic primary both times.
Michael Arrington Brown is an American politician in Washington,D.C. In 2008,he was elected an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia,and he served one four-year term.
Michael Donald Brown is an American politician serving as the junior United States shadow senator from the District of Columbia,having served since 2007.
Muriel Elizabeth Bowser is an American politician who has served as the mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously represented the 4th ward as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt,and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
Anita Bonds is an American Democratic politician in Washington,D.C. She is an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia. She served as the Chair of the District of Columbia Democratic Party from 2006 to 2018. She worked as an executive at Fort Myer Construction,a District contractor.
On November 4,2014,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor,concurrently with U.S. Senate elections in various states and U.S. House elections and various state and local elections.
Charles Allen is an American Democratic politician in Washington,D.C.,and member of the Council of the District of Columbia representing Ward 6. He took office on January 2,2015,after winning the Democratic Party primary and following general election in 2014 and won re-election in 2018.
Brianne Nadeau is an American Democratic politician in Washington,D.C.,and a member of the Council of the District of Columbia representing Ward 1 since 2015. She defeated long-time incumbent Jim Graham in the Democratic Party primary and won the general election with 75% of the vote in 2014. She is the first woman to represent Ward 1 on the council and the first D.C. Councilmember to give birth while serving in office.
Elissa Silverman is an American politician and reporter from Washington,D.C.,the United States capital. She served as an independent at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2023. Before 2015,she was a journalist at The Washington Post and Washington City Paper covering D.C. politics,and a policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. She was re-elected in November 2018 for a four-year term,but lost her re-election bid in 2022.
LaRuby Zinea May is an American politician and African American lawyer who formerly represented Ward 8 on the Council of the District of Columbia in Washington,D.C. She won the Ward 8 special election on May 10,2015,succeeding Marion Barry,who died in office on November 23,2014. May,who was sworn into office on May 14,2015,served out the remainder of Barry's term,which ended on December 31,2016. During her first council term,she was active on the issues of crime and violence,marijuana policy,assisted suicide,and improvements to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. She criticized the city's emergency medical services department,opposed the creation of a public electrical utility,and applauded the construction of a sports arena in her ward. She was one of the few council members to support the mayor during the FreshPAC scandal,and although she asked Congress to end its school voucher program she also supported a political action committee which supports an expanded voucher and charter school program in the District. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Trayon White is an American Democratic politician,currently serving as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia,representing Ward 8 of the District of Columbia. Before entering politics,he worked as a grassroots organizer and activist in the communities he would later represent on the Council. He won election to the Council in 2016,his second attempt for the seat held by Marion Barry until Marion's death.
Robert C. White Jr. is an American attorney and politician who has served on the Council of the District of Columbia since 2016.
On November 6,2018,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser won re-election,becoming the first Mayor to do so for Washington,D.C.,since Anthony A. Williams won a second term in 2002.
Calvin H. Gurley is an accountant and perennial candidate living in Washington,D.C.
On November 8,2022,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser was elected to a third term. The Republican nominee,Stacia Hall,received 2,368 votes in the primary,and independent candidate Rodney "Red" Grant garnered 4,700 signatures to gain ballot access. Both appeared on the general election ballot along with Libertarian Party candidate Dennis Sobin. D.C. Statehood Green Party nominee Corren Brown did not appear on the general election ballot.
Brooke Pinto is an American attorney and politician. In June 2020,she won the special election to succeed Jack Evans on the Council of the District of Columbia,representing Ward 2. She is the youngest council member in the District's history and the first woman to represent Ward 2.
In 2020,a general election for Council of the District of Columbia was held on November 3,and a special election was held on June 27. Elections were held in four of the districts and one at-large. The Democratic Party retained its control of the city council and the council became majority female for the first time since the 1998 election.
On November 8,2022,a general election was held for the Council of the District of Columbia. Elections were held in four ward districts as well as for Chairperson of the council and two at-large seats. Democrats remained in control of the council,electing 6 out of the 7 positions that were on the ballot. Independent Kenyan McDuffin,formerly the Democratic councilperson for Ward 5,was also elected.
The 2024 Council of the District of Columbia election will take on November 5,2024,to elect members to six seats on the city council. The primary will take place on June 4,2024.
