It goes without saying — the District is a town full of Democrats. They occupy the majority of the elected offices, have the most registered voters by a long shot, and reliably vote for Democratic presidential candidates. In the most recent analysis of the voter registry, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics reported that 73.5 percent of registered voters were Democrats. Republicans could only claim 8 percent, the Statehood Green Party 1.6 percent, and independents 16.8 percent. If it weren’t for a provision written into the Home Rule Act that set aside two seats on the D.C. Council for candidates from other parties, Democrats would effectively control the city’s legislative process.

Given their sheer numbers, it seems common sense to assume that they’ll clean up come election time. And though everyone has a space in their heart for the darkhorse candidates from the other parties, most people know that the September 12 Democratic primary determines the result of the November general election. All told, the chances are that either Adrian Fenty or Linda Cropp will be the District’s next mayor.

But regardless of how pre-determined the results of election are, local media have failed in one obvious instance — they’ve given almost no coverage to candidates from other parties. In fact, they haven’t even paid much attention to Democrats other than Fenty, Cropp, Vincent Orange, Marie Johns, and Michael Brown. The Post, the standard-bearer for local journalism, has yet to grant any substantial amount of print to Republican and Statehood Green Party candidates, much less have they even considered expanding their “Faces in the Race” to include other Democratic hopefuls.