After a hectic day at the DC Primary, the stalwarts at DC for Democracy still turned out for our endorsement vote last night! Councilmember Kwame Brown stopped by to thank us for our support, and Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and his Chief of Staff, Charles Allen (former Chair of DC4D), stopped by. At-large council candidates Michael A. Brown and Dee Hunter spoke and asked for our support, and Adam Clampitt (former at-large candidate) spoke in favor of Michael A. Brown, while Claire Porter and Dee Hunter both spoke in favor of Paul Strauss. After all the speeches, our members voted as follows:

Michael A. Brown for at-large council (endorsed with 90.0%)
Jack Evans for Ward 2 council (endorsed with 66.7%)
Muriel Bowser for Ward 4 council (endorsed with 84.2%)
Paul Strauss for US Shadow Senator (endorsed with 73.7%, with second-choice votes included)
Ward 7 and Ward 8 council races: no endorsement

Our endorsements from the DC Primary still hold for the General Election:

Eleanor Holmes Norton for DC Delegate
Kwame Brown for at-large council
Mike Panetta for US Shadow Representative

With Patrick Mara’s apparent victory on Tuesday, we are very gratified that DC4D has endorsed Michael A. Brown, since he has the best chance of defeating Mara. While DC has very few Republicans, we face two dangers in this race: 1) many DC residents don’t know that they can cast votes for two at-large councilmembers, and usually cast just one vote, and 2) Democrats may split their vote among the Independents. DC4D will focus our campaign on educating voters that they have two votes in this race, and we will urge voters to vote for “Brown & Brown:” Kwame Brown and Michael A. Brown, our two endorsed at-large council candidates.

We are now fully engaged on both the DC and Northern Virginia fronts this Fall, in a full-throated Potomac Uprising. If you would like to participate in the DC General Election or canvass with us in northern Virginia, please email us at dcfordemocracy@gmail.com.