On November 3, 2020, the

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held a U.S. House of Representatives election for its shadow representative. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated. ANC Commissioner

Oye Owolewa Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa (born 1989) is a Nigerian American politician, pharmacist, and a member of the Democratic Party. In November 2020, he was elected as the shadow representative of the United States House of Representatives from the District o ...

won the election to replace retiring three-term incumbent shadow representative

Franklin Garcia Franklin Garcia (born May 24, 1969) is an American politician and three-term Shadow congressperson, shadow member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, serving from January 201 ...

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declared

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, ANC commissioner for 8E and pharmacist

=Declined

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, incumbent shadow representative and president of the DC Latino Leadership Council

Results

Owolewa received over 90% of the vote in every ward.

Republican primary

Statehood Green primary

Libertarian primary

General election

The general election took place on November 3, 2020.

Candidates

( Democratic) * Sohaer Rizvi Syed (Independent) * Joyce Robinson-Paul ( D.C. Statehood Green)

Results

References

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External links

;Official campaign websites
Oye Owolewa (D) for Congress

Sohaer Syed (I) for Congress
Washington, D.C., Shadow Representative elections United States Shadow Representative