D.C. currently says elected officials can only fundraise to pay back $25,000 of any personal loan they made to their own campaign, but the law may no longer survive legal scrutiny.

This is the first election cycle where mayoral candidates will have access to public financing, and all three major contenders have said they will take it.

Democratic House member Derek Kilmer offers a Star Wars screening as part of a fundraising effort.

The candidates seeking to be the next mayor of the District of Columbia filed their first major fundraising reports yesterday, with Bowser getting off to an early lead with a $465,272 haul.

Capitol Hill Community Foundation president Nicky Cymrot told Hill Rag that 50 Frager’s employees have received funds so far.

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.

The District’s Office of Campaign Finance is investigating Patrick Mara with just four days before a special election in which Mara is seeking to win an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council.

Concrete and asphalt companies in and around D.C. have been big givers to two candidates for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council.

After criticism from one of his competitors in the April 23 special election for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council, Patrick Mara is returning a $1,000 donation from a conservative political action committee that includes in its platform opposition to D.C. statehood.

With the April 23 At-Large special election just over a month off, Patrick Mara led all challengers in fundraising over the last month.