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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 six out of the seven positions that were on the ballot. Independent Kenyan McDuffin, formerly the Democratic councilperson for Ward 5, was also elected.
The council is composed of thirteen members, each elected by district residents to a four-year term. One member is elected from each of the district's eight wards. Four at-large members represent the district as a whole. The chairman of the council is likewise elected at an at-large basis. The terms of the at-large members are staggered so that two are elected every two years, and each D.C. resident may vote for two different at-large candidates in each general election.
According to the Home Rule Act, of the chair and the at-large members, a maximum of three may be affiliated with the majority political party. In the council's electoral history, of the elected members who were not affiliated with the majority party, most were elected as at-large members. In 2008 and 2012, Democrats such as David Grosso, Elissa Silverman, and Michael A. Brown changed their party affiliation to Independent when running for council.
To become a candidate for council an individual must be resident of the District of Columbia for at least one year prior to the general election, a registered voter, and hold no other public office for which compensation beyond expenses is received. Candidates running for a ward position must be a resident of that ward.
Democrats remained the largest party in the council, reelecting every incumbent running, and holding onto wards 3 and 5. Elissa Silverman (Independent, At-large) lost her seat to former Ward 5's councilman Kenyan McDuffie.
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Chairperson | Phil Mendelson | Democratic | 2012 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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At-large | Anita Bonds | Democratic | 2013 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elissa Silverman | style="background-color:#DCDCDC" | 2014 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. |
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Ward 1 | Brianne Nadeau | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ward 3 | Mary Cheh | Democratic | 2006 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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Ward 5 | Kenyan McDuffie | Democratic | 2012 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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Ward 6 | Charles Allen | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Incumbent Chairperson Phil Mendelson was re-elected for a third full term after defeating DC Statehood Green party candidate Darryl Moch and Republican candidate Nate Derenge. He was challenged in the Democratic primary by progressive Erin Palmer. [2]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phil Mendelson | 64,877 | 53.16% | |
Democratic | Erin Palmer | 56,671 | 46.44% | |
Democratic | Write-in | 492 | 0.40% | |
Total votes | 122,040 | 100% |
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Republican | Nate Derenge | 2,469 | 89.95% | |
Republican | Write-in | 276 | 10.05% | |
Total votes | 2,745 | 100% |
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Democratic | Phil Mendelson | 160,896 | 83.4% | ||
DC Statehood Green | Darryl Moch | 18,930 | 9.8% | ||
Republican | Nate Derenge | 13,123 | 6.8% | ||
Total valid votes | 192,949 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
Elections for two at-large seats were held in 2022. Incumbent Democratic councilwoman Anita Bonds was re-elected after being the most voted candidate, while incumbent independent Elissa Silverman was defeated by independent Kenyan McDuffie, formerly a Democrat serving as councilman for ward 5, who came in second.
The first seat may be won by anyone from any party but the second seat is reserved for someone who is not affiliated with majority party. Bonds was challenged by three Democrats in the June 21 primary, all of whom criticized her role as chair of the council's housing committee, but was renominated with 35% of the vote. [2]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anita Bonds | 42,421 | 35.85% | |
Democratic | Lisa Gore | 33,225 | 28.08% | |
Democratic | Nate Fleming | 32,815 | 27.73% | |
Democratic | Dexter Williams | 9,356 | 7.91% | |
Democratic | Write-in | 504 | 0.43% | |
Total votes | 118,321 | 100% | ||
n/a | Overvotes | 267 | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 9,743 |
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Republican | Giuseppe Niosi | 2,576 | 91.80% | |
Republican | Write-in | 230 | 8.20% | |
Total votes | 2,806 | 100% | ||
n/a | Overvotes | 9 | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 366 |
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Libertarian | Write-in | 108 | 100% | |
Total votes | 108 | 100% | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 11 |
No candidates appeared on the Statehood Green primary ballot, but David Schwartzman received the party's nomination through write-ins. [27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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DC Statehood Green | Write-in | 342 | 100% | |
Total votes | 342 | 100% | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 158 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anita Bonds | 103,991 | 31.7% | |
Independent | Kenyan McDuffie | 71,924 | 21.9% | |
Independent | Elissa Silverman | 63,471 | 19.3% | |
Independent | Graham McLaughlin | 33,402 | 10.2% | |
Independent | Karim D. Marshall | 16,883 | 5.1% | |
DC Statehood Green | David Schwartzman | 16,650 | 5.1% | |
Republican | Giuseppe Niosi | 12,832 | 3.9% | |
Independent | Fred Hill | 7,494 | 2.3% | |
Write-in | 1,620 | 0.5% | ||
Total valid votes | 328.267 | 100% |
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The Democrats easily swept elections in all four wards, securing more than three fourths of the vote in each. They recorded their worst result in Ward 3 with 75.88% of the vote, performing the weakest in Precinct 9, where they won just 57.02% of the vote. Conversely, the Democrats earned their best performance in Ward 6, where incumbent Charles Allen won 94% of the vote against write-in candidates. DC's tiny Republican Party earned the second places in Wards 3 and 5, while the even smaller Green Party contested Ward 1. [33]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brianne Nadeau | 7,976 | 48.46% | |
Democratic | Salah Czapary | 5,092 | 30.94% | |
Democratic | Sabel Harris | 3,351 | 20.36% | |
Democratic | Write-in | 40 | 0.24% | |
Total votes | 16,459 | 100% |
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Democratic | Brianne Nadeau | 19,540 | 79.94% | ||
DC Statehood Green | Chris Otten | 4,192 | 17.15% | ||
Write-in | 711 | 2.91% | |||
Total valid votes | 24,443 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
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Incumbent Councilperson Mary Cheh initially signaled that she would run for reelection, but announced on February 11 that she was ending her campaign. [37] At the time of her announcement, Cheh had only two opponents, Brown and Nemeth. Within hours, Cheh's former campaign treasurer, Matt Frumin announced his candidacy. [37] In the following days, several more candidates announced bids for the now-open seat. Ultimately, nine candidates made the primary ballot. Receiving an endorsement from The Washington Post , Eric Goulet became the premier moderate candidate in the race and raised a significant amount of money from outside groups such as the DC Association of Realtors and Democrats for Education Reform. On June 13, spurred by massive outside spending from pro-charter school groups, Tricia Duncan withdrew her campaign and endorsed Matt Frumin. The following day, ANC Commissioner Ben Bergmann and student Henry Cohen withdrew their campaigns in support of Frumin. [38]
Following these developments, councilmembers George, Allen, and Silverman endorsed Frumin, leading to further consolidation.
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P Participant. I Invitee. A Absent. N Confirmed non-invitee. O Out of race (exploring, suspended, or not yet entered) | Bergmann | Brown | Cohen | Duncan | Finley | Frumin | Goulet | Monash | Thomas | ||
April 25, 2022 | Online | Capital Stonewall Democrats [47] | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | A | P |
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Democratic | Matthew Frumin | 8,012 | 42.28 | |
Democratic | Eric Goulet | 5,641 | 29.77 | |
Democratic | Phil Thomas | 1,087 | 5.74 | |
Democratic | Beau Finley | 958 | 5.06 | |
Democratic | Tricia Duncan (withdrawn) | 921 | 4.86 | |
Democratic | Ben Bergmann (withdrawn) | 753 | 3.97 | |
Democratic | Monte Monash | 848 | 4.47 | |
Democratic | Deirdre Brown | 517 | 2.73 | |
Democratic | Henry Z Cohen (withdrawn) | 194 | 1.02 | |
Democratic | Write-in | 19 | 0.10 | |
Total votes | 18,950 | 100.00 |
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Republican | David Krucoff | 666 | 89.76 | |
Republican | Write-in | 76 | 10.24 | |
Total votes | 742 | 100.00 |
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Democratic | Matthew Frumin | 22,962 | 75.9% | ||
Republican | David Krucoff | 6,853 | 22.7% | ||
Libertarian | Adrian Salsgiver | 327 | 1.1% | ||
Write-in | 118 | 0.4% | |||
Total valid votes | 192,949 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Councilperson Kenyan McDuffie announced in October 2021 that he would not be seeking election to the council. Instead, he opted to run to succeed retiring Karl Racine as Attorney General. [52] In early 2022, it was reported that Zachary Parker led his opponents in fundraising, with much of his money coming from notable DC progressives. His closest opponent, Faith Gibson Hubbard, had donors that overlapped with previous donors to the more moderate Mayor Bowser. [53] Parker won the primary election and was chosen as the Democratic nominee. He went on to win the general election with more than 93% of the vote in the overwhelmingly Democratic ward.
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P Participant. I Invitee. A Absent. N Confirmed non-invitee. O Out of race (exploring, suspended, or not yet entered). | Fletcher | Gibson Hubbard | Lloyd | Johnson | Henderson | Orange | Parker | Rogers | Thomas | ||
November 10, 2021 [57] | Online | D.C. for Democracy | P | P | O | O | O | P | P | O | P |
April 30, 2022 [58] | Union Wesley AME Zion Church | Queen Chapel Civic Association and Union Wesley AME Zion Church | P | P | A | A | A | P | P | O | O |
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Democratic | Zachary Parker | 7,761 | 43.52 | |
Democratic | Faith Gibson Hubbard | 4,353 | 24.41 | |
Democratic | Vincent Orange | 2,736 | 15.34 | |
Democratic | Gordon "The People's Champion" Fletcher | 1,941 | 10.88 | |
Democratic | Kathy Henderson | 787 | 4.41 | |
Democratic | Gary To-To Johnson | 149 | 0.84 | |
Democratic | Art Lloyd | 69 | 0.39 | |
Democratic | Write-in | 37 | 0.21 | |
Total votes | 17,833 | 100.00 |
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Republican | Clarence Lee, Jr. | 177 | 82.71 | |
Republican | Write-in | 37 | 17.29 | |
Total votes | 214 | 100.00 |
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Democratic | Zachary Parker | 25,554 | 93.9 | ||
Republican | Clarence Lee, Jr | 1,474 | 5.41 | ||
Write-in | 196 | 0.72 | |||
Total valid votes | 27,224 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
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Incumbent Democratic councilperson Charles Allen was re-elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Allen | 14,541 | 96.34 | |
Democratic | Write-in | 553 | 3.66 | |
Total votes | 15,094 | 100.00 |
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Democratic | Charles Allen | 25,596 | 94.0 | ||
Write-in | 1,635 | 6.0 | |||
Total valid votes | 27,231 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
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