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On November 8, 2022, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser was elected to a third term. [1] 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.
Incumbent Attorney General Karl Racine was considered to be the most likely Democrat to challenge Muriel Bowser. [2] [3] [1] Though Racine filed to seek reelection as Attorney General, in October 2021 he announced he would not be running for any office in 2022. [4] The following day, Councilmember Robert White, a former aide to Racine, announced his campaign. [5] White was joined by several other candidates later on, the most notable of whom was Councilmember Trayon White, who announced his campaign in a comment on Instagram. On April 4, 2022, Robert White's campaign announced a challenge to Trayon White's ballot access signatures. Robert White's camp argued that up to 2,800 of Trayon White's signatures might be invalid. [6] While many of Trayon White's signatures were invalidated by the Board of Elections, they certified 2,138 signatures, just 138 over the minimum required, ensuring that Trayon White would appear on the ballot. [7]
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | |||||||
Muriel Bowser | Trayon White | Robert White Jr. | |||||
1 | Jun. 1, 2022 | Georgetown University Institute of Politics WTTG | Mo Elleithee Tom Fitzgerald Jeannette Reyes | YouTube | P | P | P |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Muriel Bowser | Robert White | Trayon White | Other | Undecided |
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Lake Research Partners (D) [upper-alpha 1] | June 7–9, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 41% | 37% | 6% | 1% | 16% |
Lake Research Partners (D) [upper-alpha 1] | March 2022 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 47% | 24% | 5% | 4% | 20% |
Washington Post | February 2–14, 2022 | 579 (RV) | ± 5.0% | 47% | 19% | 17% | 4% [lower-alpha 2] | 11% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Muriel Bowser | Robert White | Other | Undecided |
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Lake Research Partners (D) [upper-alpha 1] | June 7–9, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 42% | 40% | 3% | 16% |
Lake Research Partners (D) [upper-alpha 1] | March 2022 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 26% | 4% | 21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Muriel Bowser (incumbent) | 62,391 | 49.01 | |
Democratic | Robert White | 51,557 | 40.50 | |
Democratic | Trayon White | 11,193 | 8.79 | |
Democratic | James Butler | 1,753 | 1.38 | |
Write-in | 406 | 0.32 | ||
Total votes | 127,300 | 100 | ||
n/a | Overvotes | 219 | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 812 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stacia Hall | 2,368 | 80.41 | |
Write-in | 577 | 19.59 | ||
Total votes | 2,945 | 100 | ||
n/a | Overvotes | 11 | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 225 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Muriel Bowser (incumbent) | 147,433 | 74.62 | -1.78 | |
Independent | Rodney Grant | 29,531 | 14.95 | N/A | |
Republican | Stacia Hall | 11,510 | 5.83 | N/A | |
Libertarian | Dennis Sobin | 2,521 | 1.28 | -2.12 | |
Write-in | 6,580 | 3.33 | -0.67 | ||
Total votes | 197,575 | 100 | |||
Turnout | 205,774 | 40.76 | -5.53 | ||
Registered electors | 504,815 |
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