D.C.’s largest public-sector unions endorsed At-Large Councilmember Robert White, while several big-name private-sector unions went for Mayor Muriel Bowser.
“My last request to you is to take that spirit of not giving up and use it to support our new mayor.”
Speaking to a small but enthused crowd in Freedom Plaza, Carol Schwartz officially launched her campaign.
The contest to determine the next mayor of the District of Columbia became a three-way fight Saturday when Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), entered the field.
Image courtesy WJLA Think D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is used to getting booed by now? In April, there were boos at his post-South Capitol shooting press conference. Then there were boos at Opening Day at Nationals Park. Today, the mayor received yet another round of boos, this time from students and parents at Dunbar Senior High School’s commencement ceremony. WJLA/ABC7 reports that these most recent boos were apparently due to a perception that Fenty…
Leo Alexander, candidate for mayor 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. While the District’s mayoral race has been presented as a settled contest between D.C. Council Chair Vince Gray and Mayor Adrian Fenty, former TV reporter Leo Alexander has slowly worked his way into contention,…
It’s only a Facebook wall post, but the context here makes this just too funny. (Hat tip to DCist reader Brandon Fuller)….
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. In a post over the weekend to what appears to be his brand new Twitter account, Peebles…
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…
Don Peebles 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? Apparently, he can. A Peebles spokesperson…
