On November 5, 2024, the District of Columbia held elections for several local and federal government offices. Its primary elections were held on June 4, 2024.

In addition to the U.S. presidential race voters elected one of its two shadow senators, its nonvoting member of the House of Representatives, its Shadow congressperson to the House of Representatives, and 5 of 13 seats on the council.

There is also one ballot measure which was voted on.

Federal elections President of the United States

Washington, D.C., has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College. The district has leaned heavily Democratic in each presidential election since 1964, the first one in which its population was able to vote.

United States House of Representatives

Eleanor Holmes Norton ran for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.

Shadow Senator

Shadow Representative

District elections Council

Longtime figure Vincent Gray, then the councilmember from ward 7, resigned from politics due to age and health issues and was replaced by Wendell Felder. All other elegible members ran for reelection and retained their seats on the Council.

PositionIncumbentCertified candidates ▌Democratic ▌Statehood–Green

▌Independent ▌RepublicanMemberPartyFirstelectedStatus At-Large Christina Henderson 2020 Incumbent re-elected. Robert White 62.2% Christina Henderson 23.2% Darryl Moch 7.6% Rob Simmons 6.3% Robert White 2016 Incumbent re-elected. Ward 2 Brooke Pinto 2020 Incumbent re-elected. Brooke Pinto 93.4% Ward 4 Janeese Lewis George 2020 Incumbent re-elected. Janeese Lewis George 96.6% Ward 7 Vincent C. Gray 2016 Incumbent retiring.New councilor elected.Democratic hold. Wendell Felder 92.8% Noah Montgomery 6.0% Ward 8 Trayon White 2016 Incumbent re-elected. Trayon White 75.8% Nate Derenge 14.8%

Ballot measure Initiative 83, titled Ranked Choice Voting and Open the Primary Elections to Independent Voters Act of 2024, aims to permit ranked-choice voting and open the primary elections to independent voters. It allows voters registered as “unaffiliated” to participate in primaries, which were closed to these voters prior to the passage of the initiative.

Result

References

External links DC Board of Elections

(Affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)