Check Out DC4D’s New DC Council Scorecard!!
With DC’s primary about a month away, we’re excited to share with you DC for Democracy’s first-ever DC Council Scorecard! This new stage in our work will help you – and every DC resident – understand which Councilmembers are champions of economic and social justice – and which have voting records that work against it.
The scorecard is divided into a number of issues – such as housing and environmental justice – and then identifies key Council votes (on bills or critical amendments) or bill introductions in that issue area in recent years. For each item, we identify whether DC4D supported it or opposed it. We then tallied how each Councilmember lined up with our positions.
“Champion” is a Councilmember mostly aligned with DC4D positions, we consider them a “Champion”
“Mixed Record” is a Councilmember whose votes were mixed in supporting DC4D positions
“Not Aligned” Councilmembers mostly voted in opposition to DC4D positions.
The Scorecard allows you to zoom in on a particular issue and see how all Councilmembers lined up, or to review the entire record for an individual Councilmember. Note that the Scorecard tracks votes through 2025 and thus does not include Councilmember Doni Crawford, who started in 2026, but does include Kenyan McDuffie, who was a Councilmember the entire period of review.
The Scorecard is especially relevant for upcoming elections for Mayor and for Delegate to the U.S. Congress, where all key candidates are reflected in the Scorecard.
Mayor: Candidate Janeese Lewis George is the only Councilmember who scored as a champion in every issue area we covered. Her key opponent, Kenyan McDuffie, had a Mixed Record on “Community Safety” and “Economic Justice,” but was Not Aligned with DC4D on every other issue area. DC4D members voted to endorse Lewis George.
Delegate to the U.S. Congress: Candidate Robert White is a Champion of DC4D values in 5 issue areas and has a Mixed Record in 2 areas. One of his opponents, Brooke Pinto, is a Champion in just one issue area – Electoral Justice – with a Mixed Record in 4 areas, and Not Aligned with DC4D in 2 areas. DC4D members voted to endorse Robert White.
The Scorecard was years in the making, from conception to posting, and there are many people to thank for their efforts along the way. In particular, Suzanne Griffith deserves credit for bringing this idea to DC4D and then doing much of the technical work to move it forward. We also thank Pastor Mike Campbell, Emily Conrad, Jacquelyn DuClos, Leonard Edwards, Mat Hanson, Kesh Laduwahetty, Ed Lazere, Bri McGowan, and Jamila White.
Please share the Scorecard far and wide with neighbors, friends, and colleagues! And look for social media from DC4D to make it easy to share the Scorecard that way.
For a complete list of our endorsements in the DC Democratic Primary please click here: https://www.dcfordemocracy.org/endorsements.
