1990 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

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1990 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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  1986 November 6, 1990 1994  
Turnout26.8%
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Nominee Sharon Pratt Dixon Maurice Turner
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote92,50418,653
Percentage86.1%11.5%

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Results by ward
Dixon:      80–90%     >90%

Mayor before election

Marion Barry
Democratic

Elected mayor

Sharon Pratt Dixon
Democratic

On November 6, 1990, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor, with Democratic candidate Sharon Pratt Dixon defeating Republican Maurice Turner.

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Sharon Pratt Dixon announced at the 1988 Democratic National Convention that she would challenge incumbent mayor Marion Barry in the 1990 election. Pratt was the only candidate to have officially announced her plans to run for mayor when Barry was arrested on drug charges and dropped out of the race in early 1990. Shortly thereafter, the race was joined by longtime councilmembers John Ray, Charlene Drew Jarvis and David Clarke. Pratt criticized her three main opponents, referring to them as the "three blind mice" who "saw nothing, said nothing and did nothing as the city rapidly decayed." She was the only candidate who called on Barry to resign from office, and ran specifically as an outsider to his political machine with the campaign slogan of "Clean House."

Following a series of televised debates during the last few weeks of the campaign, Pratt received the endorsement of The Washington Post. [1] The day the endorsement appeared, her poll numbers skyrocketed, with many political observers attributing the rise specifically to the Post's backing. [2] On the eve of the election, polls showed Councilmember John Ray holding the lead, but Pratt gaining ground fast and a large margin of undecided voters remaining. [3] However, even with the smallest campaign staff and least money, Pratt won the election, defeating second-place Ray by 10%. [4] As Washington is a heavily Democratic city, Dixon's victory over Republican former police chief Maurice T. Turner, Jr., in the November 6 general election was a foregone conclusion.

Democratic primary

District of Columbia Democratic primary election, 1990 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sharon Pratt Dixon 43,426 34.37
Democratic John L. Ray 32,25525.53
Democratic Charlene Drew Jarvis 27,06321.44
Democratic David A. Clarke 13,76810.9
Democratic Walter E. Fauntroy 9,2617.33
Democratic Write-in5550.43
Total votes126,348 100

General election

District of Columbia mayoral election, 1990 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sharon Pratt Dixon 140,011 86.12
Republican Maurice Turner18,65311.47
DC Statehood Alvin C. Frost1,1160.69
Libertarian Nancy Lord 9510.59
Independent Mary E. Cox6400.39
Independent Brian P. Moore 3100.19
Independent Bernell Brooks2920.18
Independent Thomas B. Carter1860.11
Socialist Workers Ike Nahem1770.11
Independent Osie Thorpe1340.08
Independent Faith Dane 1100.07
Total votes162,580 100
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "Clean House-Dixon for Mayor". The Washington Post . August 30, 1990. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  2. Kurtz, Howard (September 13, 1990). "Post Plays Down Impact of Endorsement; Not Everyone Agrees". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  3. Ayres, B. Drummond Jr. (September 11, 1990). "Undecided Vote Makes Race in Capital Too Tight to Call". The New York Times . Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  4. Ayres, B. Drummond Jr. (September 16, 1990). "In Insiders' City, Dixon Clings to Outsider Image". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2009. Sharon Pratt Dixon, who won the Democratic mayoral primary in Washington last week despite having the smallest campaign staff, the smallest campaign war chest and the lowest standing in the polls.
  5. 1 2 Scammon, Richard M.; McGillivray, Alice V. (1991). America Votes 19: A Handbook of Contemporary Election Statistics. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. p. 487. ISBN   978-0871875587.