The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics today gave the OK to two recall petitions, one targeted at Mayor Vince Gray and the other at D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown. more ›

The District is a step closer to being able to more flexibly schedule it's own elections, but it's still a mighty big step. more ›

Roseanne Barr wants to be the next U.S. president. So do a lot of other fringe candidates, from one guy with a boot hat to another who bases his campaign platform on the 1611 King James Bible. We review but a small sampling of them. more ›

Recalling an elected official in the District, especially one elected citywide, takes organization and money. The money might be coming for an effort top recall Mayor Vince Gray -- and from a man that supported him in the 2010 mayoral race. more ›

Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown have responded to recall petitions that will begin circulating this week. more ›

It's the ultimate irony -- even if he resigns, Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) will keep denying his constituents effective representation and keep costing the District taxpayers money. more ›

If Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) is worried about his re-election prospects next year, he certainly isn't letting on. Barry hasn't yet filed his re-election paperwork, nor has he picked up nominating petitions to get himself on the ballot. Plenty of other people have, though, including his former spokesperson. more ›

Prince George's County is often referred to as Ward 9, but that may be no more true than with Peter Shapiro, a former member of the County's council who has decided to try his hand at D.C. politics with a run for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council. more ›

The D.C. GOP may be small, with under 30,000 registered members citywide, but its size hasn't stopped it from trying to get local Republicans elected to office. Looking to 2012, the party is fielding a number of contenders in some big ticket local races. more ›

It's about that time again -- starting today, candidates for the April 3, 2012 D.C. primary election will be out gathering signatures to get themselves on the ballot. more ›

Call Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) lucky, or call him devilish -- either way, he's running unopposed once again. more ›

The local branch of the Democratic Party isn't known to many, nor has it attracted much positive attention in recent years. A recent move to change the longstanding practice of directly electing its party officials certainly won't help. more ›

How do you beat Councilmember Vincent Orange? Hire someone who worked for him. more ›

On this day in 1964, District voters cast their first presidential ballots since the city was established in 1800. more ›

Former councilmember Sekou Biddle has now made official what was long rumored: he's running for a seat on the D.C. Council. But not just any seat. more ›

After exploring the option of running for the Ward 2 seat on the D.C. Council for the last few weeks, Fiona Greig has officially launched her campaign against incumbent Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2). more ›

During the District's September 2010 primary, one in five voters cast ballots at one of the four early voting sites set up across the city. For the April 3, 2012 primary, the number of early voting sites will double. more ›

Today, the D.C. GOP welcomed Ron Moten to the fold in his run against Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander. Here's why it makes sense, and how it's still going to be an uphill climb. more ›

Ron Moten, the Peaceaholics co-founder who had made overtures about running for the D.C. Council seat currently held by Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), now tells the Washington Post that he is planning on running -- as a Republican. more ›

Being an incumbent is certainly sweet, especially when it comes to fundraising. more ›

High school student elections are often improvised affairs, and voting doesn't often get more complicated than dropping a piece of paper into a shoe box. But what if students at a local high school could cast their ballots much the same way that adults do, using state-of-the-art tamper-resistant electronic voting machines? Would they take the whole process a little more seriously? more ›

When Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) arrived at a discussion on gentrification yesterday, his hobbled gait gave away his 75 years. But a lively speech about displacement and his ability to handily defeat all comers on election day show that he's certainly not down, nor is he out. more ›

It's a notable day in D.C. history -- on this date in 1990, a jury convicted Marion Barry on one misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession, acquitted him on another, and hung on 12 other counts. more ›

Last night, Mayor Vince Gray officially responded to allegations, uncovered in the Washington Post on Tuesday, that his mayoral campaign improperly shifted campaign donations from cash to money orders in order to skirt legal caps and accepted donations from organizations that don't exist. more ›

Campaign signage for the April 26 At-Large Special Election has only recently come down -- but it will soon be replaced by signs for candidates vying for seats on the D.C. Council in 2012. With a new election calendar in place for the year to come -- the primary date has been moved from September to April 3, while the general election remains in November -- campaigning is beginning earlier than usual. more ›

It's all said and done -- Vincent Orange won the April 26 At-Large Special Election and will be heading back to the D.C. Council. As usual, we've got some closing thoughts on the last D.C. election until, well, eleven months from now. more ›

After some initial confusion about precisely how many Washingtonians casted a ballot yesterday, the District's Board of Elections and Ethics has revised its numbers downward, knocking turnout back into the single digits. more ›

Vincent Orange will return to the D.C. Council after a five-year absence after narrowly defeating Republican Patrick Mara for the At-Large seat once occupied by Council Chair Kwame Brown. more ›

Okay, so we're about a third of the way through the voting day, and there appears to be a good chance that you haven't cast your ballot yet. Reports coming in from around the city indicate the turnout has been light -- so unless everyone is waiting to vote after work (polls are open until 8 p.m.), we're looking at another Special Election with sparse participation. We did our best to summarize the context and candidates of the At-Large election in our Voter Guide yesterday, but it might be worth it to lay out the very good reasons that you should head to a polling place today. more ›

Everything -- and we mean everything -- you need to know about tomorrow's special election to select a permanent at-large D.C. Councilmember. more ›