WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A new political era is taking shape in the nation’s capital after voters selected Janeese Lewis George as the Democratic nominee for mayor and Robert White as the Democratic nominee for D.C. delegate to Congress in Tuesday’s primary election.
In a deeply Democratic city, both nominations are widely viewed as tantamount to election in November. Lewis George, a Ward 4 council member and progressive, defeated former council member Kenyan McDuffie with more than 52% of the vote.
Robert White, an at-large council member and voting rights attorney who previously worked for Eleanor Holmes Norton, won the delegate race with more than 63% of the vote.
The challenges ahead are enormous: a billion-dollar budget shortfall, a federal government that has clashed repeatedly with city leaders, including direct threats from President Donald Trump, and a fight for D.C. statehood that has never been harder.
