Photo by KCIvey.The District of Columbia Democratic Party held their annual convention at Howard University School of Law yesterday — and while we’re sure that the workshops and speeches by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and party chair Anita Bonds were plenty interesting, let’s be honest: in a huge election year, it’s all about the straw poll. The Party released the results of its poll for each office up for grabs in this September’s primary…

Bishop Harry Jackson has lost pretty much every battle related to marriage equality in the District, but he’s not giving up. GLAA Forum reports that Jackson’s High Impact Leadership Coalition has started distributing flyers encouraging attendees of the D.C. Democratic State Committee’s 2010 State Convention on June 12 to vote in a straw poll for candidates that have supported putting same-sex marriage to the District’s voters. According to the awesomely retro-looking flyer, attendees should…

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…