Think D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is used to getting booed by now? more ›

Second-tier candidates have a long history swinging elections one way or another. Witness the accusations lobbed at Ralph Nader to this day over his taking vital votes from Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. more ›

It's only a Facebook wall post, but the context here makes this just too funny. more ›

Real estate developer Don Peebles has been playing the "Maybe I will, maybe I won't" game since late last year on whether he'll jump into the District's mayoral contest. But even an admonition from WRC/NBC4's Tom Sherwood (or DCist's own Sommer Mathis, for that matter) hasn't made Peebles any more resolute on whether or not to run. more ›

Looks like there was a tiny bit of drama at this weekend's Ward 8 Democrats mayoral forum. The event, which marked the first straw poll of the 2010 campaign season, featured seven candidates, including incumbent Adrian Fenty, who we hear got booed by a significant portion of the crowd. But the real brouhaha took place during the straw poll, as WAMU's Patrick Madden reports. Previously registered Ward 8 voters went for D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray by a healthy margin, but toward the end of voting, a troop of younger Fenty supporters with freshly filled out voter registration cards tipped the scale for Fenty. more ›

Over at WCP's Housing Complex this morning, Lydia DePillis correctly notes that despite accepting a speaking engagement at an upcoming D.C. Chamber of Commerce luncheon, erstwhile maybe-mayoral candidate Don Peebles hasn't been heard from in a month, leading most local politics watchers to ... pretty much forget about him. This guy can't still be thinking about running for mayor this late in the game, can he? more ›

Back in the day, if you really wanted to make your point in the political arena, you'd march a crowd over to the office of your local elected official and demand that they do or not do something. Or you'd get your supporters to flood their office with calls, faxes or emails. These days, you just need a lot of folks with a few minutes and a Facebook page. more ›

Those pesky Save Our Safety Net folks (the same ones who got several D.C. Council members to put on superhero capes last week) got up in D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray's face with a camera during a lobbying push this morning. You've got to admire their moxie. more ›

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray kicked off his official mayoral campaign yesterday with a rally at Carnegie Library that sought to answer a question that has dogged him since he announced his intent to run last month: why's he running? more ›

Though the District's mayoral campaign is still relatively sleepy, the next few months promise a number of opportunities for the candidates to meet face-to-face against each other, as civic associations and other organizations line up to host forums and debates. On Wednesday we received word of what looks like the first such forum of the season, to be co-hosted by the Cleveland Park Citizens Association, Foxhall Community Citizens Association, and the Palisades Citizens Association on June 3. Mayor Adrian Fenty, D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray and former TV reporter Leo Alexander have each been invited to present their visions for the District at the event. more ›

DCist is unsure what the political statement behind this reconfiguring of a Fenty campaign sign might be. Twitter user nathan42nathan sent in this image, noting that he spotted it on the 1800 block of Kalorama Rd. NW. Nathan hypothesizes that it's somehow related to the Gumby universe, but that strikes us as wrong. Gumby's best friend was Pokey, and he also palled around with a yellow dinosaur named Prickle. But there is no Gumby-related character named Bendy. Gumby exhibited the characteristics of being bendy, certainly. Perhaps this is a reflection of Adrian Fenty's remarkable level of physical fitness? Because it can't be a commentary on his willingness to bend in the political arena. In that sense, Fenty is resolutely un-bendy. more ›

As promised, real estate mogul Don Peebles appeared on The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi this afternoon, but he declined to make an announcement on whether or not he will enter the 2010 mayoral race. more ›

Between the DCPS contract and ensuing is there or isn't there a surplus drama, the long-awaited testimony of Sinclair Skinner, the resurrection of the D.C. voting rights bill, and the mayoral campaign shifting into high gear, it's been a busy week for local politics. So busy, in fact, that one man who may yet still be about to step into the 2010 election fray has been almost forgotten: R. Donahue Peebles. more ›

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty opened his re-election campaign headquarters over the weekend, and this morning he was out with his team on the sidewalks of Logan Circle, doing that patented Fenty campaign thing: shaking hands, picking up babies and asking D.C. residents for their votes. more ›

The Washington Post's D.C. Wire has the item on Mayor Adrian Fenty's new re-election headquarters in Ward 4. While Mayor Fenty set up his war tent on Florida Avenue near U Street NW for his successful 2006 mayoral bid, he's going back to roots in 2010. more ›

About 100 supporters gathered at the Franklin D. Reeves Municipal Center Tuesday afternoon to watch D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray file his paperwork to enter the 2010 mayoral contest. Gray submitted the requisite signatures at approximately 2:20 p.m. more ›

With word leaking out that D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray will be running against Mayor Adrian Fenty in September's Democratic primary, we've finally got a mayoral race to speak of. And now that the identity of Fenty's competition is clear, the question becomes how he'll run. more ›

Both NewsChannel 8 and the Washington City Paper are reporting that D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray will announce this week that he will run for mayor against Adrian Fenty. more ›

This weekend may be decisive in the District's thus far muted 2010 mayoral race, as D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) and multimillionaire developer Don Peebles reportedly plan to meet one more time to hammer out which of the two of them will challenge Mayor Adrian Fenty in the September primary. While they've met before and we've surely heard our fair share of hints and rumors as to which one of them would run, Gray publicly announced this week that the decision would be made in the coming days. more ›

Putting aside this latest, ludicrous development, it's basically crickets out there when it comes to the District mayoral race. According to the most recent financial reports submitted to the Office of Campaign Finance, Mayor Adrian Fenty's got $3.3 million sitting in the bank (with a campaign total so far of $3.9 million). His two declared challengers, Leo Alexander and Sulaimon Brown, have just $2,628.84 combined -- Brown has $27.84 of that, Alexander the remainder. Even adding three zeros to the end of that wouldn't get them within half-a-million of Fenty's current bankroll. Of course, well-funded candidates have been known to be beat by scrappy underdogs, but so far no one underdog is attracting much citywide attention -- much less any excitement. If this isn't a big kick in the ass that someone serious needs to step up -- lest the actual election be a mere formality -- we don't know what is. more ›

Oh dear sweet lord. Politico's Kiki Ryan reports that fliers advertising a possible mayoral run by alleged White House crasher Carlos Allen are popping up around town.

Allen's attorney, A. Scott Bolden, confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that it is "an accurate document." more ›

For an election year, the District's mayoral contest remains in low-gear at best, and stalled at worst. Though there's been plenty of talk, plenty of polls and plenty of frustration with Mayor Adrian Fenty, no big-name contenders have yet stepped up to challenge him in September's primary. While that's still eight months off, Fenty's already got $3 million in the bank, a re-election website and a smattering of yard signs. more ›

Extremely wealthy real estate developer Don Peebles has decided not to run for mayor against Adrian Fenty this year after all. Peebles sent out an email to his supporters today letting them know of his decision, citing the recent death of his mother, his mother-in-law's ill health, and a desire to look out for his wife and children during this time. more ›

As this is Washington, prepare for a protest tomorrow: -- the Post reports that the largest protest regarding the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is to occur tomorrow. It's expected to draw tens of thousands of people to surround the White House. Police Investigate Shootings: Last night Southeast saw four distinct shootings. Three of the shootings occurred around 9 p.m. in the area of Minnesota Avenue and Naylor Road. NBC 4 relays that three adult males and a... more ›

Good morning, Washington. WaPo relays that the debate over D.C.'s cab fares is getting feisty, while WJLA tells us that the film industry is bringing some bucks to Virginia. On that note, for all of you documentary film buffs out there, today is the start of the fourth-annual SilverDocs film festival over in Silver Spring. From today until June 18, you can revel in the glory of the documentary. From one that follows the inspiring... more ›