The District of Columbia Democratic State Committee (DC Dems) is the affiliate of the

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in the

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. As of March 31, 2016, Democrats make up 76 percent of the registered voters in the District of Columbia, while 6 percent are registered with the

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(represented by the

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), 1 percent with the

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, less than 1 percent with the

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(represented by the

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), and 17 percent with no party or

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Current elected officials

U.S. House of Representatives

The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation. Instead, constituents in the district elect a non-voting delegate to the

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. The current delegate is a Democrat. * : Eleanor Holmes Norton (''

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'')

City-wide executive officials

District of Columbia has two city-wide elected executive officials: the Mayor & the Attorney General. Both officials are Democrats. *

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Muriel Bowser Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving since 2015 as the eighth mayor of the District of Columbia. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the 4th ward as a member of the Council ...

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Karl Racine Karl Anthony Racine (born December 14, 1962) is a Haitian-American lawyer and politician. He is the first independently elected Attorney General of the District of Columbia, a position he has held since January 2015. Before that, he was the manag ...

City Council

The

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is the legislative branch of the local government of the District of Columbia. Democrats hold 11 of the 13 seats in the council. * Council Chairman: Phil Mendelson * At-large: Anita Bonds * At-large: Robert White * Ward 1:

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* Ward 2: Brooke Pinto * Ward 3:

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* Ward 4: Janeese Lewis George * Ward 5: Kenyan McDuffie * Ward 6:

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* Ward 7:

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* Ward 8:

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Shadow congressperson

The posts of shadow United States Senator and shadow United States Representative (not to be confused with the non-voting delegate) are held by elected or appointed government officials from subnational polities of the

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that lack congressional vote. While these officials are not seated in either chamber of Congress, they seek for their subnational polity to gain voting rights in Congress. In District of Columbia, such officeholders are elected. All of them are Democrats. *Senior United States shadow senator:

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 ...

(Class II) *Junior United States shadow senator: Mike Brown (Class I) *Shadow representative:

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 ...

Officers

As of January 2020, the committee's officers are: *Chair: Charles Wilson *Vice Chair: Linda Gray *Executive Director: Claudette David *Recording Secretary: Allen Karnofsky *Corresponding Secretary: Alexa Wertman-Brown *Treasurer: Brandon Frye *National Committeewoman: Silvia Martinez *National Committeeman: Jack Evans

References

External links

District of Columbia Democratic State Committee

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