16th Street Northwest,briefly known as the Avenue of the Presidents,is a prominent north-south boulevard in Washington,D.C.,located in Northwest D.C. The street was laid out as part of the 1791 L'Enfant Plan,which served as the original blueprint for the city. The street begins just north of the White House,across from Lafayette Square in the President's Park,and continues north along the Washington meridian until Blair Circle.
Vincent Bernard Orange,Sr. is a former American politician from Washington,D.C.,and former president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. An attorney and a certified public accountant,Orange represented Ward 5 on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1999 to 2007,and was an at-large member from 2011 to 2016. He lost the June 2016 Democratic primary election to Robert White. Although his term was not due to end until January 2,2017,Orange resigned from the council effective August 15,2016,in the wake of conflict of interest charges over his new employment at the Chamber of Commerce.
John K. Evans III is an American lawyer and politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 2020 before resigning due to numerous ethics violations. Evans served as the chairman of the board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) until its ethics committee found he violated conflict of interest rules. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Ward 2 of Washington,D.C. from May 1991 to January 2020,making him the D.C. Council's longest-serving lawmaker. He ran for Mayor in 1998 and 2014,but lost in the Democratic primary both times.
Muriel Elizabeth Bowser is an American politician who has served as the mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously represented the 4th ward as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt,and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
Yvette M. Alexander is a Democratic politician in Washington,D.C. She represented Ward 7 on the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2017. After losing her council seat,Alexander started a health care consulting practice.
Kenyan R. McDuffie is an American lawyer and independent politician in Washington,D.C. He is an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia since 2023,after previously representing Ward 5 from 2012 to 2023.
Elissa Silverman is an American politician and reporter from Washington,D.C.,the United States capital. She served as an independent at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2023. Before 2015,she was a journalist at The Washington Post and Washington City Paper covering D.C. politics,and a policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. She was re-elected in November 2018 for a four-year term,but lost her re-election bid in 2022.
Brandon Tristan Todd is a lobbyist for Washington Gas and a former American politician who represented Ward 4 on the Council of the District of Columbia. Todd previously worked in the Council office of Muriel Bowser and in various campaign positions during her successful campaign for Mayor of the District of Columbia. Todd won a special election in May 2015,succeeding Muriel Bowser,who was elected as mayor. After serving one full term on the council,Todd lost the 2020 Democratic primary to Janeese Lewis George.
Trayon White is an American Democratic politician,currently serving as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia,representing Ward 8 of the District of Columbia. Before entering politics,he worked as a grassroots organizer and activist in the communities he would later represent on the Council. He won election to the Council in 2016,his second attempt for the seat held by Marion Barry until Marion's death.
Robert C. White Jr. is an American attorney and politician who has served on the Council of the District of Columbia since 2016.
Justin Edward Fairfax is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the second African-American elected statewide in Virginia,following Douglas Wilder. In 2019,he faced sexual assault allegations dating to 2000 and 2004,which he denied. In 2021,he was a Democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia. He finished fourth in the Democratic primary with 3.54% of the vote.
Initiative 77 was a voter-approved ballot initiative in Washington,D.C.,to phase out the special minimum wage for tipped employees as part of the national Fight for $15 campaign. In the June 2018 primary election,D.C. voters approved Initiative 77 by a margin of 56% to 44%;however,the D.C. Council repealed the initiative in October before it could enter into force. In 2022,a nearly identical Initiative 82 was approved for the November 8,2022 election.
On November 8,2022,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser was elected to a third term. 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.
Brooke Pinto is an American attorney and politician. In June 2020,she won the special election to succeed Jack Evans on the Council of the District of Columbia,representing Ward 2. She is the youngest council member in the District's history and the first woman to represent Ward 2.
On November 3,2020,the District of Columbia held elections for several local and federal government offices. Its primary elections were held on June 2,2020.
Christina Henderson is an American politician in Washington,D.C. who was elected to the Council of the District of Columbia as an at-large member in 2020. Henderson previously worked for her predecessor,David Grosso,and served as a legislative aide in Congress. Henderson is an independent,not registered with any political party.
In 2020,a general election for Council of the District of Columbia was held on November 3,and a special election was held on June 27. Elections were held in four of the districts and one at-large. The Democratic Party retained its control of the city council and the council became majority female for the first time since the 1998 election.
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 6 out of the 7 positions that were on the ballot. Independent Kenyan McDuffin,formerly the Democratic councilperson for Ward 5,was also elected.
Matthew Frumin is an American politician and activist who serves as Ward 3 member of the Council of the District of Columbia. Before serving on the DC Council,Frumin worked as an international trade attorney and was active on local education issues.
The 2024 Council of the District of Columbia election will take on November 5,2024,to elect members to six seats on the city council. The primary will take place on June 4,2024.
