Compare DC Council Democratic primary candidate responses to our questionnaire here.

This week, we published GGWash’s endorsements for the 2024 DC Council primary elections. We’ve endorsed Robert White for the at-large Democratic seat, Janeese Lewis George for the Ward 4 seat, Eboni-Rose Thompson for the Ward 7 seat, and Salim Adofo for the Ward 8 seat. We aren’t endorsing in the Ward 2 race, which is uncontested.

Our endorsements are largely, though not entirely, informed by candidates’ responses to our questionnaire, and we’re grateful that so many responded to it. It’s an intense exercise, and not everyone is aligned with our views on land use, housing, and transportation. So, we’re deeply appreciative of the time that those running for office, and their campaigns, put into participating in our process. While the primary purpose of that process is to endorse who we believe to be the best candidates to advance our issues, providing all candidates a platform to articulate where they stand on our issue areas is an important service to voters overall.

We’ve put all candidates’ responses into one document, organized by question, which you can see here. It includes tables of responses to our close-ended questions, like, “The Sustainable D.C. 2.0 plan includes a target of reducing commuter trips made by car to 25 percent. Do you agree that incentivizing residents and visitors to drive less should be an explicit policy goal of the District?” and compilations of candidates’ written responses to our open-ended questions, like, “If you have any other preferred means by which you, as a councilmember, would increase housing production, please share them here.”

Look at the beautiful charts. Source: Our staff made these beautiful charts.

While the document linked above provides at-a-glance comparisons, candidates’ individual responses can be found via the following links, which also live on our 2024 elections page:

We encourage you to get involved with our endorsed candidates by contributing to their campaigns, and volunteering for them. Contribute to Robert White’s at-large campaign here, and volunteer for him here. Contribute to Janeese Lewis George’s Ward 4 campaign here, and volunteer for her here. Contribute to Eboni-Rose Thompson’s Ward 7 campaign here, and volunteer for her here. Contribute to Salim Adofo’s Ward 8 campaign here, and volunteer for him here.

For more information on how we’re doing endorsements in the District primaries, see this post. And, everything related to our 2024 endorsements process, including work on Virginia elections, lives here.

Distinctly political work, like our endorsements process, is not funded by grants. We are only able to make endorsements with support from individual donors. If you value our endorsements resources, consider a contribution, of any amount, to support us in 2024 and beyond. You can do so here.