2022 District of Columbia elections

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2022 District of Columbia elections
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On November 8, 2022, the District of Columbia held elections for several local and federal government offices. Its primary elections were held on June 21, 2022. [2]

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The District of Columbia elected its nonvoting member of the House of Representatives, its Shadow congressperson to the House of Representatives, Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Attorney General of the District of Columbia, and 6 of 13 seats on the council.

There is also one ballot measure which was voted on. [3]

Federal elections

United States House of Representatives

Eleanor Holmes Norton ran for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.

2022 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) 174,238 86.54
Republican Nelson Rimensnyder11,7015.81
DC Statehood Green Natale Stracuzzi9,8674.90
Libertarian Bruce Major4,0031.99
Write-in 1,5210.76
Total valid votes201,33097.84
Rejected ballots4,4442.16
Total votes205,774 100.00
Turnout  40.76

Shadow Representative

Incumbent Democrat Oye Owolewa ran for re-election.

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Oye Owolewa (incumbent) 151,182 83.63%
DC Statehood Green Joyce Robinson-Paul26,53014.68%
Write-in 3,0531.69%
Total votes180,765 100.0%

District elections

Mayor

2022 Washington, D.C., mayoral election [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Muriel Bowser (incumbent) 147,433 74.62 −1.78
Independent Rodney Grant29,53114.95N/A
Republican Stacia Hall11,5105.83N/A
Libertarian Dennis Sobin2,5211.28−2.12
Write-in 6,5803.33-0.67
Total votes197,575 100
Turnout 205,77440.76−5.53
Registered electors 504,815

Attorney General

2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Schwalb 177,126 97.51%
Independent Write-in 4,5162.49%
Total votes181,642 100%
n/a Overvotes 123
n/a Undervotes 23,647

Council

Ballot measure

Initiative 82, titled, An initiative to increase the minimum wage for tipped employees to the same level as non-tipped employees, aims to phase out the special minimum wage for tipped employees.

Result

Initiative 82
ChoiceVotes%
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes132,92573.94
No46,86126.06
Valid votes179,78687.52
Over and undervotes 25,72312.48
Total votes205,509100.00
Registered voters/turnout504,81540.69
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Election Statistics". District of Columbia Board of Elections. 2022-11-30.
  2. ↑ "City elections in Washington, D.C. (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ Hopkins, Paige (25 October 2022). "Here's what Initiative 82 could mean for tipping in D.C." Axios. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "General Election 2022 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  5. ↑ "DCBOE Election Results (Unofficial)". DC Board of Elections. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. ↑ "DCBOE Election Results". electionresults.dcboe.org. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  7. ↑ "DCBOE Election Results".
  8. ↑ "General Election 2022 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. 2022-11-30. Archived from the original on 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  9. ↑ "General Election 2022 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
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