2024 District of Columbia elections
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On November 5, 2024, the District of Columbia held elections for several local and federal government offices. Its primary elections were held on June 4, 2024.[2]
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| Turnout | 70.8%[1] |
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In addition to the U.S. presidential race voters elected one of its two shadow senators, its nonvoting member of the House of Representatives, its Shadow congressperson to the House of Representatives, and 5 of 13 seats on the council.
There is also one ballot measure which was voted on.[3]
Federal elections
President of the United States
Washington, D.C., has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College. The district has leaned heavily Democratic in each presidential election since 1964, the first one in which its population was able to vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | 294,185 | 90.28 | −1.87 | ||
| Republican | 21,076 | 6.47 | +1.07 | ||
| Independent |
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2,778 | 0.85 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 7,830 | 2.40 | +1.49 | ||
| Total votes | 325,869 | 100 | N/A | ||
United States House of Representatives
Eleanor Holmes Norton ran for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) | 251,540 | 80.09 | −6.45 | |
| DC Statehood Green | Kymone Freeman | 21,873 | 6.96 | +2.06 | |
| Republican | Myrtle Patricia Alexander | 19,765 | 6.29 | +0.48 | |
| Independent | Michael A. Brown | 19,033 | 6.06 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 1,858 | 0.59 | -0.17 | ||
| Total votes | 314,069 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Shadow Senator
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Ankit Jain | 261,075 | 90.7% | |
| Republican | Nelson Rimensnyder | 26,615 | 9.3% | |
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 287,690 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Shadow Representative
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Oye Owolewa | 267,661 | 90.75 | |
| Republican | Ciprian Ivanof | 25,040 | 8.49 | |
| Write-in | 2,253 | 0.76 | ||
| Total votes | 294,954 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District elections
Council
Longtime figure Vincent Gray, then the councilmember from ward 7, resigned from politics due to age and health issues and was replaced by Wendell Felder. All other elegible members ran for reelection and retained their seats on the Council.
| Position | Incumbent | Certified candidates[8][9][10] | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected |
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| At-Large | Christina Henderson | Independent | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Robert White | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Ward 2 | Brooke Pinto | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Ward 4 | Janeese Lewis George | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Ward 7 | Vincent C. Gray | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent retiring. New councilor elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Ward 8 | Trayon White | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ballot measure
Initiative 83, titled Ranked Choice Voting and Open the Primary Elections to Independent Voters Act of 2024, aims to permit ranked-choice voting and open the primary elections to independent voters. It allows voters registered as “unaffiliated” to participate in primaries, which were closed to these voters prior to the passage of the initiative.
Result
| Choice | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For | 212,332 | 72.89 | |
| Against | 78,961 | 27.11 | |
| Total | 291,293 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 291,293 | 89.33 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 34,788 | 10.67 | |
| Total votes | 326,081 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 326,129 | 99.99 | |
| Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections[11] | |||