Under the city’s election rules voters are asked to select two candidates in the at-large race. Among those running unopposed is incumbent Monika Nemeth in Single Member District 3F06 in Ward 3. See election results, maps, county-by-county vote counts and more for District Of Columbia’s races on Nov. 3, 2020. The commissioners hold unpaid elected positions under the city’s Home Rule Charter that are charged with making recommendations to city officials on a wide range of neighborhood issues for which city officials are required to give “great weight.”. The two candidates with the highest vote counts are declared the winners. Sohaer Rizvi Syed (Independent) Oye Owolewa (Democrat) Joyce (Chestnut) Robinson-Paul (Statehood Green) At-Large Member of the State Board of Education. Perry’s report shows he raised $5,255 for his at-large campaign as of Oct. 10. Will Vitka | wvitka@wtop.com. Pinto is ahead in money raised for her campaign, with a cumulative total of $189,243 as of the time of the filing of her Oct. 10 campaign finance report. United States Representative (non-voting representative): - Sohaer Rizvi Syed IND - Oye Owolewa DEM - Joyce (Chestnut) Robinson-Paul … He criticized Pinto for not returning the contributions from the Schuettes. “For example: Our offices are the only citywide elected offices which are not compensated. Paul Strauss (Democrat-Incumbent) Strauss was first elected to this office in 1996. Padro is well known and has support from his home base in the Shaw neighborhood in his role as an ANC commissioner and as co-founder and executive director of Shaw Main Streets, a neighborhood advocacy and development group. seat in the order that they appear on the ballot along with the rating And so they get to decide whether to keep me or fire me. William Vitka is a Digital Editor and reporter for WTOP.com. Cornelia Weiss (R), Eleanor Ory [Echo] (Statehood Green), Paul Strauss (D)** United States Representative. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Candidates from whom it Among the 47 known LGBTQ Advisory Neighborhood Commission candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot, 19 are incumbent commissioners and 22 are running unopposed. Valentine, Perry, and Chang have said the D.C. Public School System’s ability to address the needs and concerns of LGBTQ students would be among their highest priority in carrying out their role as a school board member. It sounds like the title of a bad Tom Clancy political thriller rip-off or a conspiracy theory. “The chances for D.C. statehood are getting better every day,” he said. they received on LGBTQ issues from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Mysiki Valentine. Similar to the U.S. “There is a small but dedicated group of bona fide opponents who don’t like the idea of statehood for the District of Columbia, because they don’t like the kind of senators that we might send, and how some of those folks might vote,” Strauss said. Eleanor Ory (Echo) (Statehood Green) Paul Strauss (Democrat) U.S. Representative. residents need to know that I’m not going to quit on them,” Strauss said. “Our job is to try and educate folks to move away from that.”. Incumbent Del. LGBTQ candidates in the Logan Circle ANC 2F, Rehana Mohammed and Alexandra Bailey, and Dupont Circle ANC 2B09 candidate Kyle Mulhall have also reported having their campaign signs pulled down or damaged. “The D.C. city council took away the salaries after the people created the offices. There has not been an LGBTQ member of the D.C. Council since gay Council members Jim Graham, a Democrat, and David Catania, an independent, left the Council in January 2015. Many activists, including members of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, D.C.’s largest local LGBTQ political organization, say it’s important to have LGBTQ people in elective office, especially on the D.C. Council. “D.C. Grosso, also a longtime LGBTQ community supporter, has endorsed Henderson as his replacement on the Council. We got a nonvoting house delegate in 1971. residents have been fighting for equality for 200 years. Chandler, who goes by the name Rayceen Pendarvis, is well known in the LGBTQ community as an entertainer, emcee, and community activist. The Blade confirmed from Pinto’s campaign finance report filed with the Office of Campaign Finance that Schuette and his wife made the contributions to her campaign. ], Advisory Neighborhood CommissionAlexander PadroAllister ChangANC Rainbow CaucusAustin NaughtonBill SchuetteBrooke PintoChristopher ColeCornelia WeissD.C.D.C. The statement says those with the higher ratings gave a greater degree of substance to their questionnaire responses or, like Downs, had a more extensive record of involvement in LGBTQ endeavors. Schuette also received the endorsement of President Trump when he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Michigan in 2018. “And when the rights of African Americans and other minorities and civil rights in general [have] been on the retreat, the rights of D.C. residents correspondingly [have been on] the retreat. He’s running against Republican Cornelia Weiss and Green Party candidate Eleanor Ory. See election results, a county-by-county map and more for the District Of Columbia: D.C. Senate election on Nov. 3, 2020. Cornelia Weiss won a write-in campaign in the Republican primary. Strauss, who has been in office since the 1996 election, is up for reelection in November. “The term ‘shadow’ is used by some to indicate that we are not officially recognized by Congress. An But the blue wing of the political spectrum has its issues too, according to Strauss. Eleanor Ory (Echo) (Statehood Green) Paul Strauss (Democrat) U.S. Representative. I’m running against two very nice people.”. Downs told the Blade his campaign website includes information on his numerous policy proposals and his long record of advocacy for Ward 2 residents. “The first ones were elected in 1796 from the southwest territory, which eventually became Tennessee.”. Jacque Patterson. Downs and Padro have been endorsed by the LGBTQ Victory Fund, a national group that raises money for LGBTQ candidates nationwide. He is a former Chairperson of the District’s Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals. “I have been in this fight for a long time. He points out that he has enrolled in the city’s public financing program where he receives matching funds from the city with donations limited to a maximum of $50 per donor for a ward candidate and corporate donors are not allowed. Riordan told the Blade that both his and Chandler’s campaign signs have been torn down repeatedly while Oliver’s signs have been left alone. Public School SystemD.C. All rights reserved. But despite being founded in 1790, D.C. didn’t vote on its senators until 1990, the first of whom were the Rev. See election results, maps, county-by-county vote counts and more for District Of Columbia’s races on Nov. 3, 2020.