On November 4, 2014,

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, held an election for its mayor, concurrently with U.S. Senate elections in various states and U.S. House elections and various

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and

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. Incumbent Democratic Mayor

Vincent C. Gray Vincent Condol Gray (born November 8, 1942) is an American politician who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He served for one term, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary to D.C. Council member ...

ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated in the April 1 primary by Ward 4 District Councilwoman

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 ...

. Bowser went on to win the general election against independent candidates

David Catania David A. Catania (born January 16, 1968) is an American politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C. He was formerly an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia, which he gave up to pursue an unsuccessful run in the 2014 mayor ...

and

Carol Schwartz Carol Schwartz (born January 20, 1944) is an American politician from Washington, D.C., who served as a Republican at-large member on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1997 to 2009. A five-time perennial ...

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Carlos Allen, musician and promoter *

, Ward 4 District Councilwoman * Jack Evans, Ward 2 District Councilman *

, incumbent Mayor *

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, former

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official * Michael J. Green, candidate for Ward 4 District Councilmember in 2007 and write-in candidate for Mayor in 2010 *

Vincent Orange Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr. (born April 11, 1957) is a former American politician from Washington, D.C. and former president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. An attorney and a certified public accountant, Orange represented Ward 5 on the Coun ...

, At-Large District Councilman *

Andy Shallal Anas "Andy" Shallal ( ar, أنس شلال) (born March 21, 1955) is an Iraqi-American artist, activist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of the Washington, D.C., area, restaurant, bookstore, and performan ...

, artist, activist, and proprietor of

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Tommy Wells Thomas Clayton Wells (born February 27, 1957) is an American politician, social worker and lawyer from Washington, DC. He was a member of the Council of the District of Columbia where he served as a Democrat representing Ward 6. Wells is now the ...

, Ward 6 District Councilman

Withdrew

* Christian A. Carter, businessman (withdrew January 18, 2014)

Declined

* Robert Bobb, former city administrator *

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, former Mayor * Eric W. Price, former Deputy Mayor *

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, former Mayor

Endorsements

Polling

* ^ Internal poll for the Muriel Bowser campaign * * Internal poll for the Tommy Wells campaign

Results

Republican primary

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said it may appoint a candidate to run in the general election. However, since it did not do so by September 8, 2014, no Republican candidate appeared on the general election ballot.

Candidates

Withdrew

* Kris Hammond, attorney and former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner

Declined

Michael Powell Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a serie ...

, former Chairman of the

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, former At-large District Councilwoman and four-time mayoral candidate (ran as an Independent)

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

* Bruce Majors, real estate agent and nominee for U.S. Delegate in

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Results

D.C. Statehood Green primary

Candidates

Declared

Faith Dane Faith Dane (October 3, 1923 – April 7, 2020), sometimes known since her second marriage as Faith Crannitch but legally simply Faith since 1983, was an actress, musician, artist, and perennial candidate for elected office in Washington, D.C. Dane ...

, perennial candidate

Results

Independent

Candidates

Declared

, independent at-large D.C. Councillor *

, former Republican At-large D.C. Councillor and candidate for mayor in 1986, 1994, 1998 and 2002

Withdrew

* Nestor Djonkam, engineer and Democratic candidate for mayor in 2006 * Ben Foshager (write-in)

Disqualified

* James M. Caviness * Michael T. Green * David O. Leacraft-EL * Frank E. Sewell

Declined

* John Hill, CFO of

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, former CEO of the

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and former Executive Director of the

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Marie Johns Marie Collins Johns (born August 19, 1951) is an American businesswoman and former civil servant who served as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2009, and confirm ...

, Deputy Administrator of the

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and candidate for Mayor in 2006 * Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of Police for the

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Kathleen Patterson Kathleen "Kathy" Patterson (born June 21, 1948) is an American politician from Washington, D.C. From 1995 to 2007, she was a Democratic member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where she served as the elected member for Ward 3, a post ...

, former Ward 3 District Councilwoman

General election

Supporters of Muriel Bowser and David Catania

Polling

* * Internal poll for the Karl Racine campaign for Attorney General

Results

Notes

References

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