The 2020 Council of the District of Columbia special election was held on June 16, 2020, to elect the position of Ward 2 Councilmember to the Council of the District of Columbia. The election was called following the resignation of incumbent councilmember Jack Evans due to his ongoing corruption scandals.
Background A recall attempt had been made against incumbent councilmember Jack Evans in 2019, but the District of Columbia Board of Elections ruled that the recall campaign couldn't collect signatures due to them not filing the proper campaign finance paperwork. Evans, who had been on Council continuously since his first election in 1991 and set the record for longest serving Councilmember, resigned on January 17, 2020 while under investigation for ethics violations and after all twelve other members voted unanimously to recommend his expulsion. His resignation caused a special election to be held. Evans announced that he would run in the special election on January 28, but later dropped out of the special election while remaining in the Democratic primary for the general election in November.
Candidates Democratic Party John Fanning, ANC commissioner from 2F Jordan Grossman, former legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar Patrick Kennedy, ANC commissioner from 2A Brooke Pinto, former assistant attorney general of the District of Columbia Kishan Putta, ANC commissioner from 2E and at-large candidate for council in 2014 Yilin Zhang, business executive
Republican Party Katherine Venice, CEO of venture capital firm Ethical Capitalism Group
General Election
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