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Bowser Battles Gray at Debate

By Johnny Verhovek February 28, 2014

At the last mayoral debate featuring Mayor Vincent Gray on Jan. 31, Democratic candidates vied to emerge as the frontrunner against the incumbent. During a debate broadcast live from 88.5 WAMU’s...

Candidates Compete for DC Youth Vote

By Johnny Verhovek February 14, 2014

While student political attention is currently focused on Georgetown University Student Association elections, D.C. mayoral candidates competing in the April 1 Democratic primary are trying just as hard...

Candidates Spar at Forum

By Johnny Verhovek January 31, 2014

Five mayoral candidates vying for the Democratic nomination faced off in a public forum at the Sixth & I Synagogue in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, with candidates challenging incumbent...

Candidates Sound Off on Marijuana

By Johnny Verhovek January 24, 2014

As legislation to both legalize and decriminalize marijuana makes its way to the Council of the District of Columbia, reform of laws regarding the drug has become an important issue for candidates in the...

Poll Finds Gray Ahead With Room, Time to Fall

By Johnny Verhovek January 17, 2014

A Washington Post poll released Wednesday shows incumbent D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray holding a double-digit lead for the April 1 Democratic mayoral primary, despite concerns over the ethics scandal that...

Evans Changes Tack on District Universities

By Johnny Verhovek January 14, 2014

Mayoral candidate and D.C. City Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) hasn’t always had the best relationship with Georgetown — most notably when he lobbied for 100 percent of the student body...

Mayoral Candidates Face Off in Georgetown

By Johnny Verhovek January 14, 2014

The first official debate of D.C.’s mayoral race kicked off Thursday night with seven of the mayoral candidates appearing in front of an audience of over 200 at the Dumbarton House in Georgetown. The...

Gray Runs for Re-Election

By Johnny Verhovek December 6, 2013

Mayor Vincent Gray officially announced his bid for re-election Monday after picking up his Petition for Candidacy at the D.C. Board of Elections office, altering a previously wide-open race populated...

Candidates Address All Wards

By Johnny Verhovek November 21, 2013

With the Washington, D.C. mayoral race still in its infancy, rhetoric from the six major Democratic contenders appears populist, attempting to reach across all sectors of the D.C. population. This is...

As Mayoral Race Begins, Gray Absent

By Johnny Verhovek November 15, 2013

The D.C. mayoral race formally went underway Nov. 8, with candidates beginning to circulate petitions to get their names on the ballot. Absent from the pool of nine contenders, however, was incumbent...

Wells Kicks Off Mayoral Candidate Speaker Series

By Griffin Cohen October 25, 2013

Mayoral candidate and D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) promoted his campaign platform at a speech in the Georgetown University Law Center’s McDonough Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Wells’...

Gray Silent on Mayoral Race

By Natasha Khan October 1, 2013

With only seven months before the Democratic primary in April, Mayor Vincent Gray, still entrenched in an ongoing corruption investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, has yet to announce plans to...

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