The 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia took place on November 3, 2020, 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.

Paul Strauss Paul Eric Strauss (born April 11, 1964) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States shadow senator from the District of Columbia since 1997. He succeeded Jesse Jackson, the first person to hold the elected posit ...

won election to a fifth term with the largest percentage and amount of votes in his career.

Primary elections

The party primaries took place on June 2, 2020. Because of the ongoing

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voting by mail was encouraged. Democrat

, the incumbent

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, and D.C. Statehood Green candidate Eleanor Ory were unopposed in their party primaries. Cornelia Weiss won a write-in campaign in the Republican primary.

General election

The general election took place on November 3, 2020.

Candidates

* Eleanor Ory ( D.C. Statehood Green) *

( Democratic), incumbent * Cornelia Weiss (

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)

Results

References

External links

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) * ;Official campaign websites
Paul Strauss (D) for Senate
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