Candidates in next Tuesday’s special election to fill two open D.C. Council seats have collectively raised over $1 million in the course of the campaign. Voters will chose council members for Wards 4 and 7, after those positions were left empty by Mayor Adrian Fenty and at-large Council Chairman Vincent Gray. Voters in D.C. Public Schools’ Second District will also elect a school board representative. In Ward 4, ANC Commissioner Muriel Bowser leads the pack…

It was on April 27, 2005, that we took our first of many stabs at the District mayoral race. And it’s tomorrow, some sixteen months after we first tried to guess who would throw their hats in the ring, that voters will finally have their say. Voters in the District and Maryland go to the polls tomorrow to vote in primaries for everything from senators to council-members to ANC representatives, with more than 800 candidates…

We knew it all along. Granted, we were off by a few weeks, but we called it. (Pat on back for us.) Michael Brown, a perennial long-shot in the mayoral contest, is dropping out today, reports the Post. This morning we received a cryptic announcement from his communications director, stating that Brown would “make a major announcement regarding the future of his campaign” today at 2 p.m. Then again, we received pretty much the same…

A couple years ago, D.C. had two Kwame Browns in the news, a local politico and a mediocre hoopster, which might have caused a few people to comment how it was great that a pro athlete was getting involved in local politics. Thankfully for the Wizards, one of those Kwame Browns moved on. However, D.C. now has two Michael Browns in local politics. The other day we saw this poster on the street, which confused…

Brown Not Out: Well, we’re a little red-faced today. Yesterday we guessed that mayoral longshot Michael Brown was bowing out of the race. He did, after all, send us an email in which he announced that a press conference held yesterday would include “major announcement regarding his plans for the future.” Coupled with his fast-shrinking campaign finance account, we thought, “This guy is toast.” How wrong we were. Brown didn’t duck out of the race….

Written by DCist contributor Christopher Durocher In anticipation of the September 12 District primaries, the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of D.C. released its ratings for mayoral candidates last week. The ratings, which score candidates from +10 to -10 based on their support for the GLBT community and its issues, ranked D.C. Council Chair Linda Cropp the top candidate with a +9.5 rating, while Councilmember Vincent Orange found himself at the bottom of the…

Late yesterday afternoon we received a call from mayoral hopeful Michael Brown’s campaign office. “Tomorrow, 11 a.m., outside the Wilson Building,” was about as much info as we could get out of the campaign volunteer. The call was followed up by an email adding that the press conference would include a “major announcement regarding his plans for the future.” Uh oh. We might be jumping the gun here, but we’re guessing that Brown, who we…

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…

Happy Day After the Fourth of the July, Washington. We hope you managed to get some sleep last night despite the all-night fireworks marathons taking place in many city neighborhoods. Not that we’re complaining — since the view of the National Mall fireworks from the north was largely obstructed by a giant cloud of smoke, locals putting on their own displays pretty much saved Independence Day for many of us. There will be more…

As more than 13 historic inches of rain fell on Washington early this week, the waters rose and transportation on both road and rail ground to a halt. Highway, VRE, MARC, and Metro officials struggled to keep traffic moving as flooding, downed trees and debris, and even mudslides tried to thwart them. Unfortunately for commuters, their efforts did not always succeed. And as we all know, when Washington can’t commute, Washington is not happy. Photo…