Michael Donald Brown

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Brown faced a competitive primary challenge from Andria Thomas, defeating her by 51% to 47.3%. He was re-elected in the general election with 88.2% of the vote.

Electoral history

2006

Mike Brown
Michael Donald Brown.jpg
United States Shadow Senator
from the District of Columbia
Assumed office
January 3, 2007
Servingwith Paul Strauss
2006 U.S. Shadow Senator election in D.C. [26] [27]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael D. Brown 62,415 73.15
Democratic Philip Pannell21,55225.26
Write-in 1,3631.60
Total votes85,330 100.00
General election
Democratic Michael D. Brown 90,336 84.16
DC Statehood Green Joyce Robinson-Paul15,35214.30
Write-in 1,6471.53
Total votes107,335 100.00
Democratic hold

2012

2012 U.S. Shadow Senator election in D.C. [28] [29]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael D. Brown (incumbent) 34,342 69.74
Democratic Pete Ross14,56829.16
Write-in 1,0462.09
Total votes49,956 100.00
General election
Democratic Michael D. Brown (incumbent) 206,911 79.78
DC Statehood Green David Schwartzman26,61410.26
Republican Nelson F. Rimensnyder23,9359.23
Write-in 1,8960.73
Total votes259,356 100.00
Democratic hold

2018

2018 U.S. Shadow Senator election in D.C. [30] [31]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael D. Brown (incumbent) 35,254 51.16
Democratic Andria Thomas32,50047.17
Write-in 1,1511.67
Total votes68,905 100.00
General election
Democratic Michael D. Brown (incumbent) 178,573 82.89
DC Statehood Green Eleanor Ory33,01615.32
Write-in 3,8521.79
Total votes215,441 100.00
Democratic hold

Personal life

Brown was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved to Montgomery County, Maryland, as a teenager. [6] [14] Brown received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in public policy from the University of Maryland. [10] [11] Brown has lived in the District since 1984, [6] and he currently lives in the neighborhood of American University Park. [11] Brown is also the president [11] and founder [10] of Horizon Communications Corp., which provides direct-mail services to political organizations and non-profit organizations. [6]

Race for DC Council

In 2014, Brown ran as an independent for a seat on the Council of the District of Columbia as an at-large member. He finished 3rd, but the top two finishers won the seats.

2014 General Election, Council of the District of Columbia, At-Large Seats [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anita Bonds 85,575 24.12
Independent Elissa Silverman 41,300 11.64
Independent Michael D. Brown 28,6148.07
Independent Robert White 22,1986.26
Independent Courtney R. Snowden19,5515.51
DC Statehood Green Eugene Puryear12,5253.53
Independent Graylan Scott Hagler10,5392.97
Independent Khalid Pitts10,3922.93
Republican Marc Morgan9,9472.80
Independent Brian Hart8,9332.52
Independent Kishan Putta6,1351.73
Independent Calvin Gurley 4,5531.28
Independent Eric J. Jones4,4051.24
Libertarian Frederick Steiner3,7661.06
Independent Wendell Felder2,9640.84
Write-in 1,4720.41
Total votes354,716 100.00

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References

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  23. ↑ Meeting endorsement votes Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine , Ward Three Democratic Committee, March 2012.
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Preceded by Democratic nominee for U.S. Shadow Senator from the District of Columbia
(Class 1)
2006, 2012, 2018 		Most recent
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