The 2014 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a
shadow member to the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
to represent the
District of Columbia
)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
. The member was only recognized by the District of Columbia and not officially sworn or seated by the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
. Incumbent
Paul Strauss won his closest primary challenge against businessman Pete Ross and was easily elected to a fourth term.
Primary elections
Party primaries took place on April 1, 2014.
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Pete Ross, furniture businessman, landlord and former Army captain; candidate for Shadow Senator in
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
*
Paul Strauss, incumbent Shadow Senator
Results
Other primaries
D.C. Statehood Green candidate David Schwartzman and Libertarian candidate John Daniel were unopposed in their party primaries. A Republican primary was held with no candidates.
General election
The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Candidates
* John Daniel (
Libertarian), tech entrepreneur
* Glenda Richmond (
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independ ...
), DC Statehood Leadership Coalition (DCSLC) founder and president
* David Schwartzman (
D.C. Statehood Green), former professor at
Howard University
Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ...
*
Paul Strauss (
Democratic), incumbent
Results
References
External links
*
*
* (Affiliate of the U.S.
League of Women Voters)
*
{{2014 United States elections
United States Shadow Senator
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...