D.C. Mayor's Chief Challenger Emerges
It was five weeks until Washington Democrats choose their candidate for mayor, and just hours before D.C.'s NBC and NPR affiliates released a new poll showing a volatile race. But Chuck Thies, campaign...
View ArticleIn race for D.C. mayor, Bowser has yet to capture the imaginations of black...
“Muriel Barry?” someone asked. “No, Muriel BOWSER,” I said. Archive E-mail Days Hours Minutes until polls open on April 1 for the D.C. mayoral primary Today, polls are open 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. for the D.C....
View ArticleD.C.’s complexion is changing. Will the next mayor reflect that?
Night after night, the candidates for D.C. mayor sit side by side in forums before every manner of interest and ethnic group — architects, Latinos, black entrepreneurs, Baptist ministers, ex-prisoners....
View ArticleA week out, all eyes are on D.C. mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser
Muriel Bowser, the D.C. Council member and mayoral candidate who is spending 15 hours a day crisscrossing the city in an effort to beat incumbent Mayor Vincent C. Gray, vanished from public view for...
View ArticleFor D.C. mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser, it’s unite and conquer
Muriel Bowser, the D.C. Council member and mayoral candidate who is spending 15 hours a day crisscrossing the city in an effort to beat incumbent Mayor Vincent C. Gray, vanished from public view for...
View ArticleBowser: Debates won't decide DC mayoral election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic mayoral nominee in the nation's capital said Friday that she won't persuade voters by debating her opponents or detailing her policy differences with them. Instead,...
View ArticleMuriel Bowser is the right choice as D.C. mayor
FOUR YEARS ago, polls showed that most Washingtonians were satisfied with the direction of their city but not so happy with the man who was leading it. Adrian M. Fenty, then mayor, was perceived as...
View ArticleDC mayor launches re-election campaign
Calling his campaign four years ago an "embarrassment," District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray nevertheless made a forceful case Saturday that he's earned the opportunity to serve another term. Gray's...
View ArticleD.C. mayoral candidate David Catania works to persuade Democrats he’s nearly...
David Catania’s campaign manager giddily tracked the shipment for days and couldn’t help himself when it finally arrived. He ripped open a cardboard box and tweeted a picture of three simple words on a...
View ArticleDC mayoral nominee can't breeze to victory
Share Photo✉ FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2009, file photo, District of Columbia City Councilman David Catania speaks to the media after the council approved same-sex marriage in their final vote on a...
View ArticleFive myths about D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray
Mike Madden is the editor of Washington City Paper. On Monday, Democratic voters in the District started casting early ballots in the party’s primary, set inauspiciously — or perfectly, depending on...
View ArticleMuriel Bowser launches bid for D.C. mayor
D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser launched a mayoral bid Saturday, kicking off a year-long Democratic primary campaign that is likely to center on the pace of progress in city government, the ethics of...
View ArticleA white mayor for 'the chocolate city'?
updated 7:52 AM EST, Fri December 27, 2013 Tommy Wells talks with the owner of Mason's Barber Shop, an institution in the rapidly gentrifying H Street neighborhood. Washington (CNN) -- An overriding...
View ArticleWhen Democrats Unite, We Win
We talk a lot about the Citizens United case, in which the Supreme Court opened up the money spigot for campaigns. Many believed it was going to give an incredible advantage to the Republican Party. It...
View ArticleWhen Democrats Unite We Win
We talk a lot about the Citizens United case in which the Supreme Court opened up the money spigot for campaigns. Many believed it was going to give an incredible advantage to the Republican Party. It...
View ArticleBowser beats Gray in D.C. straw poll of Ward 8 Democrats
Incumbent Vincent C. Gray failed to win a key mayoral endorsement Saturday from Democrats in the District’s southern corner, falling short of expectations in an early test of campaign organization and...
View ArticleBowser seeks to unify Democrats, expresses confidence in November win
A day after she won the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor, Muriel Bowser sought to unify her party and look forward to the November general election – even as she said she had not yet heard from...
View ArticleThere’ are Gray Shadows in Tuesday’s DC Primary
Party affiliation and race are factors in Tuesday’s primary for D.C. mayor, but the biggest issue for voters is whether to support incumbent Vincent Gray in light of his shady “shadow campaign”...
View ArticleA Younger, Wealthier Capital City Turns A Political Page
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has been shadowed by scandal since the day he was elected to the city's top job in 2010, and there's no doubt it crippled his re-election campaign. An ongoing...
View ArticleD.C. mayoral hopefuls tapping into concerns of city's longtime residents
At the annual 17th Street High Heel drag-queen race here, as competitors teetered in gold sequins, beehive hairdos and fishnets, mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser told a joke and posed for photos outside...
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