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Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images.

 

Hillary Clinton won the D.C. Democratic primary last night, with 77.8 percent of the vote to Bernie Sanders 20.8 percent. And she won the endorsements of the remaining sitting members of the D.C. Council this morning.

The holdouts were the two independent members of the council, At-large Councilmembers David Grosso and Elissa Silverman.

“We are pleased to strongly support Secretary Clinton to be our next President and celebrate the historic nature of this nomination. Her experience, her character, and her commitment to economic opportunity for all will provide strong leadership for our country,” Grosso and Silverman say in a joint release, citing her support for D.C. statehood and their paid family leave legislation.

The majority of the council came out for Clinton before the primary, and the secretary of state’s campaign has listed Mayor Muriel Bowser as a surrogatesince February. Bowser and D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton helped open Clinton’s D.C. offices in May.

At-large Councilmember Anita Bonds, who doubles as the head of the D.C. Dems, initially told The Washington Post she would remain neutral in the primary. (A timing snafu initially led to concerns that Sanders wouldn’t appear on the ballot.) By last week, though, she came out for Clinton, and joined her, Bowser, Norton, and Councilmember Jack Evans on a visit to Shaw last Friday.

Grosso and Silverman did include a congratulations to Sanders’ campaign for his “strong campaign, and for focusing the debate on important issues such as economic inequality and the influence of big money in our electoral politics.” He cleared the 15 percent hurdle to receive four delegates, to Clinton’s 16 last night.

The two ended by sharing their concerns about Donald Trump, who they do not name. “Considering that the presumptive Republican candidate demonizes entire communities and promotes policies that would cause tremendous harm to Americans, we are committed to a united effort to support Secretary Clinton for President.”