D.C. Special Election for City Council-at-Large

On April 26, Washington, D.C., held a special election to fill a vacant city council-at-large seat. In D.C. special elections for partisan office, parties are not permitted to nominate candidates. Individuals run against each other and there is no run-off. The race had 9 candidates on the ballot, including six Democrats. With that many Democrats in the race, but only one Republican, the Republican, Patrick Mara, came close to winning. Mara placed second, with 11,096 votes so far. But the winner, former Councilmember Vincent Orange, a Democrat, won the race with 12,216 votes. Here are the full results.


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