Turnout | 66.90%[1] |
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Elections in the District of Columbia |
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On November 3, 2020, the District of Columbia held elections for several local and federal government offices. Its primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.[2]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race voters elected one of its two shadow senators, its nonvoting member of the House of Representatives and 6 of 13 seats on the council. There is also one ballot measure which was voted on.[3]
Main article: 2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia |
See also: 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary and 2020 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary |
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 | Joe Biden | 317,323 | 92.15 | |
Republican | Donald Trump (incumbent) | 18,586 | 5.40 | |
Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen | 2,036 | 0.59 | |
DC Statehood Green | Howie Hawkins | 1,726 | 0.50 | |
Independent | Gloria La Riva | 855 | 0.25 | |
Independent | Brock Pierce | 693 | 0.20 | |
Write-in | 3,137 | 0.91 | ||
Total votes | 344,356 | 100.00 |
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia |
Eleanor Holmes Norton ran for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) | 281,831 | 86.30 | ||
Libertarian | Patrick Hynes | 9,678 | 2.96 | ||
Independent | Barbara Washington Franklin | 7,628 | 2.34 | ||
Socialist Workers | Omari Musa | 6,702 | 2.05 | ||
DC Statehood Green | Natale Lino Stracuzzi | 5,553 | 1.70 | ||
Independent | David Krucoff | 5,017 | 1.54 | ||
Independent | Amir Lowery | 5,001 | 1.53 | ||
Independent | John Cheeks | 2,914 | 0.89 | ||
Write-in | 2,263 | 0.69 | |||
Total votes | 326,587 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
Main article: 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia |
Incumbent Paul Strauss was re-elected to a sixth term as a shadow senator.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Paul Strauss (incumbent) | 251,991 | 81.17 | ||
DC Statehood Green | Eleanor Ory | 31,151 | 10.03 | ||
Republican | Cornelia Weiss | 24,168 | 7.78 | ||
Write-in | 3,154 | 1.02 | |||
Total votes | 310,464 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
Main article: 2020 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia |
Incumbent Franklin Garcia declined to run for re-election. Democrat Oye Owolewa, independent Sohaer Syed, and Statehood Green Joyce Robinson-Paul competed for his open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Oye Owolewa | 240,533 | 81.60 | ||
DC Statehood Green | Joyce Robinson-Paul | 27,128 | 9.20 | ||
Independent | Sohaer Rizvi Syed | 22,771 | 7.72 | ||
Write-in | 4,341 | 1.47 | |||
Total votes | 294,773 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
In 2020, a general election for Council of the District of Columbia was held on November 3, and a special election was held on June 27. Elections were held in four of the districts and one at-large. The Democratic Party retained its control of the city council and the council became majority female for the first time since the 1998 election.[6]
Jack Evans resigned from the city council, causing a special election. Evans unsuccessfully ran for his seat which was won by Brooke Pinto. Incumbent councilors Robert White, Pinto, Vincent C. Gray, and Trayon White won reelection. Janeese Lewis George won election to the city council after defeating incumbent councilor Brandon Todd while David Grosso retired and was succeeded by Christina Henderson.
This was the first city council election to have public campaign financing with $3.4 million being given to candidates and George being given the most at $281,055 during the campaign.Initiative 81, titled the Entheogenic Plants and Fungus Policy Act of 2020, aims to decriminalize noncommercial cultivation, distribution and possession of psychedelic plants, including psilocybin mushrooms, iboga, cacti containing mescaline, and ayahuasca.[7]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
For Initiative 81 | Against Initiative 81 | Undecided |
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FM3 Research/Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC[A] | August 16–24, 2020 | 620 (LV) | ± 4% | 60% | 24% | 16% |
FM3 Research/Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC[A] | March – April, 2020 | – (V)[b] | – | 51% | 27% | 22% |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 214,685 | 76.18 |
No | 67,140 | 23.82 |
Total votes | 281,825 | 100.00 |
Registered voters/turnout | 517,890 | 54.42 |
Source: [5] |