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No election is complete without election night parties at which the candidates and their supporters will wait in nervous, sweaty anticipation to see if they are the chosen one. And with six candidates in today’s special election for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council, informed voters (or party crashers) have a handful of options about how to spend their Tuesday evenings.
Remember, no matter which party you go to, and whether your preferred candidate prevails, tomorrow is a workday. So don’t overdo it. Or, if you do go hard tonight, do your local politics reporters a solid and make sure you appear in as many photos as possible with your candidate.
Patrick Mara: The Columbia Heights resident, Ward 1 representative to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and the race’s lone Republican will find out if he finally gets lucky on his third D.C. Council campaign at The Coupe (3415 11th Street NW), the 24-hour coffeeshop and bar. Constantine Stavropoulos, who owns The Coupe, along with Tryst, Open City and The Diner, donated $500 to Mara’s campaign, according to reports filed with D.C.’s Office of Campaign Finance.
Elissa Sliverman: The former Loose Lips and Washington Post reporter turned D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute analyst is headed to Union Kitchen (1110 Congress Street NE), the culinary “incubator,” launched last year by Jonas Singer and Cullen Gilchrist, founders of the popular Blind Dog Café. Singer donated $250 to Silverman’s Council bid, according to OCF documents.
Matthew Frumin: Despite a last-ditch effort by Silverman asking him to resign from the race in order to consolidate the progressive vote, Frumin, a Ward 3 advisory neighborhood commission member, is sticking it out until the end. He’s inviting people to join him at his home (4709 Albemarle Street NW) in the American University Park neighborhood. Frumin gave his own campaign $20,000.
Anita Bonds: The incumbent, appointed last December by members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee, was originally planning to host her election night party at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. But a late change in plans announced today is moving her shindig to the Channel Inn Hotel (650 Water Street SW). The hotel gave Bonds’ campaign $100, according to fundraising reports.
Perry Redd: Running as the standard bearer of the Statehood-Green Party, Redd will be waiting tonight’s results from the Mount Pleasant home of a pair of supporters, Dave Bosserman and Olivia Cadaval. Bosserman and Cadaval call their house (1739 Irving Street NW) La Orilla (“The Border”), and collectively gave Redd’s campaign $1,160, according to OCF documents.
Paul Zukerberg: He might be considered a single-issue candidate, but tonight Zukerberg’s issue is seafood on the half-shell. Zukerberg is closing out his campaign at Hank’s Oyster Bar (1624 Q Street NW). A search of OCF records for donations from chef and owner Jamie Leeds did not return any results.
