2024 Council of the District of Columbia election

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2024 Council of the District of Columbia election
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6 of the 13 seats on the Council of the District of Columbia
7 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Phil Mendelson
Party Democratic Independents
Seats before112
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The 2024 Council of the District of Columbia election took on November 5, 2024, to elect members to six seats on the city council. The primary took place on June 4, 2024.

Contents

Background

Muriel Bowser won election to a third term in the 2022 election becoming the first mayor to win a third term in the city's history. [1] The District of Columbia Home Rule Act states that "not more than two of the at-large members shall be nominated by the same political party" which results in the Democratic Party being unable to run in all at-large districts. [2] David Catania, a member of the city council from 1997 to 2015, was the last member of the Republican Party elected to the council, but changed his political affiliation to independent in 2004.

This will be the first election that will allow for non-citizens to vote for DC council members after a law enacted in early 2023. [3] [4] While non-citizens are explicitly forbidden from participating in federal elections such as for U.S. President and the U.S. House of Representatives, some municipalities allow them to vote in local elections. [5] As of April 30, 2024, only 372 non-citizens were registered to vote, representing less than 0.1% of all registered voters in the District. [6]

Summary

PositionIncumbentCertified candidates [7] [8] [9]

▌ Democratic ▌ Statehood–Green
▌ Independent ▌ Republican

MemberPartyFirst
elected		Status
At-Large Christina Henderson Independent2020Incumbent re-elected.
Robert White Democratic2016Incumbent re-elected.
Ward 2 Brooke Pinto Democratic2020Incumbent re-elected.
Ward 4 Janeese Lewis George Democratic2020Incumbent running.
Ward 7 Vincent C. Gray Democratic2016Incumbent retiring.
New councilor elected.
Democratic hold.
Ward 8 Trayon White Democratic2016Incumbent running.

At-large district

2024 District of Columbia At-Large Councilor Election
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Reporting
61.39%
as of Nov. 5, 10:53 pm EST
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Nominee Robert White Christina Henderson
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote214,19779,054
Percentage62.40%23.03%
 
NomineeDarryl MochRob Simmons
Party DC Statehood Green Republican
Popular vote25,81521,835
Percentage7.52%6.36%
Councilors before election

Robert White (Dem.)
Christina Henderson (Ind.)

Elected Councilors

TBD

Democratic nominee and incumbent Robert White and Independent and former staffer to U.S. Senate and city council staffer Christina Henderson advanced in the general election over dozens of other candidates. Now both incumbents, the two are running for reelection. [10]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Rodney "Red" Grant, businessman, comedian, and Independent candidate for Mayor in 2022 [12]
2024 Council of the District of Columbia Democratic primary, At-large district [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert White 54,636 81.50
Democratic Rodney Red Grant11,76717.55
Write-in 6390.95
Total votes67,042 100.0

Statehood Green primary

2024 Council of the District of Columbia Statehood Green primary, At-large district [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DC Statehood Green Darryl Moch 319 80.35
Write-in 7819.65
Total votes397 100.0

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Christina Henderson, incumbent councilor [14]
  • Patricia Eguino, ANC Commissioner for 6C06 and scientist [15]
  • Kevin Rapp, ANC Commissioner from 5E05 and businessman [16]

Ward 2

2024 District of Columbia Ward 2 Councilor Election
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Reporting
64.39%
as of Nov. 5, 10:53 pm EST
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Nominee Brooke Pinto
Party Democratic
Popular vote26,201
Percentage93.49%
Councilor before election

Brooke Pinto
Democratic

Elected Councilor

TBD

Incumbent Brooke Pinto won election in a June 2020 special contest, and subsequently in that year's general election to fill the seat of Jack Evans, who resigned amid a conflict of interest scandal. [17]

Pinto, a 28-year old lawyer, came under scrutiny during the election season after finance reports showed her father, a venture capitalist from Connecticut, donated large sums of money to her campaign bank account. In addition, she did not participate in the city's Fair Elections program which enabled her to partially self-fund her campaign. Pinto had the most out-of-state donors out of any candidate in the race. [18] Regardless, Pinto won the election and became the council's youngest member in its history. She announced her re-election bid in June. [19]

Pinto chairs the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety. The position has grown to be extremely influential considering the skyrocketing homicide and carjacking numbers throughout the city. [20]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

2024 Council of the District of Columbia Democratic primary, Ward 2 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brooke Pinto 5,845 92.72
Write-in 4597.28
Total votes6,304 100.0

Ward 4

2024 District of Columbia Ward 4 Councilor Election
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Reporting
63.35%
as of Nov. 5, 10:53 pm EST
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Nominee Janeese Lewis George
Party Democratic
Popular vote31,855
Percentage96.65%
Councilor before election

Janeese Lewis George
Democratic

Elected Councilor

TBD

Janeese Lewis George, an attorney who had worked for then-Attorney General Karl Racine and the District of Columbia State Board of Education, won in the Democratic primary over moderate incumbent Brandon Todd in what was considered a major upset. [24] A self-described Democratic socialist, George has drawn criticism for her support to defund the Metropolitan Police Department, the city's law enforcement division.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

2024 Council of the District of Columbia Democratic primary, Ward 4 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janeese Lewis George 8,085 66.19
Democratic Lisa Gore3,43128.09
Democratic Paul Johnson6535.35
Write-in 450.37
Total votes12,214 100.0

Ward 7

2024 District of Columbia Ward 7 Councilor Election
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Reporting
56.43%
as of Nov. 5, 10:53 pm EST
 
Nominee Wendell Felder Noah Montgomery
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote29,1341,877
Percentage92.79%5.98%
Councilor before election

Vince Gray
Democratic

Elected Councilor

TBD

Incumbent Vince Gray has long been a fixture of local politics, serving respectively as the city's mayor, council chair, and as Ward 7's councilor on separated terms. Gray only attends council meetings through video calls. Some of his constituents have expressed their concern and wish for Gray to step away gracefully from the political scene. In December 2023, Gray announced he would be stepping aside from council activities once his term concluded in January 2025. [28]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

2024 Council of the District of Columbia Democratic primary, Ward 4 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wendell Felder 2,211 22.90
Democratic Ebony Payne1,93820.07
Democratic Eboni-Rose Thompson1,86919.36
Democratic Veda Rasheed97910.14
Democratic Kelvin Brown96610.01
Democratic Nate Fleming8428.72
Democratic Roscoe Grant Jr.2362.44
Democratic Denise Reed2112.19
Democratic Vallareal VJ Johnson II2082.15
Democratic Ebbon A. Allen1631.69
Write-in 320.33
Total votes9,655 100.0

Republican primary

No Republican candidate made the primary ballot for Ward 7. Noah Montgomery filed as a write-in candidate and won the nomination with a single vote. [39]

Ward 8

2024 District of Columbia Ward 8 Councilor Election
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Reporting
51.17%
as of Nov. 5, 10:53 pm EST
 
Nominee Trayon White Nate Derenge
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote18,1983,502
Percentage76.07%14.64%
Councilor before election

Trayon White
Democratic

Elected Councilor

TBD

Incumbent Trayon White charted a campaign for mayor in 2022, though finished third in the primary with just about 9% of the primary vote. White even lost his own constituency, Ward 8, to incumbent Muriel Bowser. [40]

White announced his reelection bid during a radio interview with WAMU in September 2023. He won his primary in June 2024, but was arrested on federal bribery charges in August.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

2024 Council of the District of Columbia Democratic primary, Ward 8 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Trayon White 3,115 52.98
Democratic Salim Adofo1,60027.21
Democratic Rahman Branch1,12919.20
Write-in 360.61
Total votes5,880 100.0

Republican primary

2024 Council of the District of Columbia Republican primary, Ward 8 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Nate Derenge 98 80.99
Write-in 2319.01
Total votes121 100.0

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