The 2018 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a shadow member to the

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to represent the

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. The member was only recognized by the District of Columbia and not officially sworn or seated by the United States Senate. Incumbent Mike Brown was re-elected to a third term.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. About 76% of registered voters in the District of Columbia were registered with the Democratic Party, compared with only 6% of registered Republicans. The winner of the Democratic primary almost always wins the general election.

Candidates

* Mike D. Brown, incumbent

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* Andria Thomas, business strategist and activist

Campaign

Thomas' campaign raised $44,000 and spent $34,800. Brown's campaign raised and spent only $12,000 and $1,200, respectively. Thomas' campaign accused Brown of coasting on the name recognition of another D.C. politician, Michael A. Brown, a black former-councilman who remained popular in spite of a federal bribery conviction. Michael D. Brown dismissed the claim in an article for

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saying, "the implication that I win because African Americans are too uninformed to realize there are two people with a common name is insulting to the hundreds of thousands of D.C. voters who have supported my campaigns."

Endorsements

Results

D.C. Statehood Green primary

Candidates

* Eleanor Ory

Results

Independents

Candidates

* Professor Alpha Bah Esq., MBA * Marcus D. Thompson

General election

Candidates

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( Democratic), incumbent

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* Eleanor Ory ( D.C. Statehood Green) * Professor Alpha Bah Esq., MBA (

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) * Marcus D. Thompson (

)

Results

References

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