What's on the DC ballot?
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 5: The District of Columbia Board of Elections opened mail-in-ballot drop boxes across Washington, including this locatrion at Union Market on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - D.C. voters will have several contests, plus a measure, on their ballots when they vote in the 2020 election.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of time.
DC VOTING 2020: Everything you need to know about voting in the District
Contests:
Elector of President and Vice President of the United States:
- Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy "Spike" Cohen LIB
- Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker STG
- Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris DEM
- Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman IND
- Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence REP-INCUMBENT
- Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard IND
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia:
- Omari Musa IND
- Amir Lowery IND
- Patrick Hynes LIB
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- Natale Lino Stracuzzi STG
- Eleanor Holmes Norton DEM-INCUMBENT
- John Cheeks IND
- Barbara Washington Franklin IND
- David Krucoff IND
At-large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia:
- Christina Henderson IND
- Vincent Orange IND
- Franklin Garcia IND
- Rick Murphree IND
- Marya Pickering REP
- Marcus Goodwin IND
- Markus Batchelor IND
- Michangelo "Doctor Mic" Scruggs IND
- Mario Cristaldo IND
- Calvin H. Gurley IND
- Claudia Barragan IND
- Keith Silver IND
- Alexander M. Padro IND
- Robert White DEM -INCUMBENT
- Jeanné Lewis IND
- Mónica Palacio IND
- Ann C. Wilcox STG
- Joe Bishop- Henchman LBT
- Kathy Henderson IND
- Eric M. Rogers IND
- Chander Jayaraman IND
- A'Shia Howard IND
- Ed Lazere IND
- Will Merrifield IND
Ward Member of the Council of the District of Columbia (Ward 2):
- Randy Downs IND
- Brooke Pinto DEM -INCUMBENT
- Martín Miguel Fernández IND
- Peter Bolton STG
Ward Member of the Council of the District of Columbia (Ward 4):
- Perry Redd STG
- Janeese Lewis George DEM
Ward Member of the Council of the District of Columbia (Ward 7):
- Vincent C. Gray DEM -INCUMBENT
Ward Member of the Council of the District of Columbia (Ward 8):
- Trayon "Ward Eight" White DEM -INCUMBENT
- Fred Hill IND
- Christopher Cole IND
- Nate "Ward 8" Derenge REP
United States Senator (non-voting representative):
- Cornelia Weiss REP
- Eleanor Ory STG
- Paul Strauss DEM-INCUMBENT
United States Representative (non-voting representative):
- Sohaer Rizvi Syed IND
- Oye Owolewa DEM
- Joyce (Chestnut) Robinson-Paul STG
At-Large Member of the State Board of Education:
- Jacque Patterson
- Mysiki Valentine
- Ravi K. Perry
- Christopher W Martin
- Dorothy Douglas
- Troy Murphy
Ward Member of the State Board of Education (Ward 2):
- Allister Chang
- James Harnett
- Sarah Mehrotra
- Christopher Etesse
Ward Member of the State Board of Education (Ward 4):
- Frazier L. O'Leary, Jr
Ward Member of the State Board of Education (Ward 7):
- Dontrell Smith
- Charles Boston
- Eboni - Rose Thompson
- Karen Williams
Ward Member of the State Board of Education (Ward 8):
- Ryan Washington
- Carlene D. Reid
- Lajoy Johnson-Law
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner:
Here is the measure:
INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 81: ENTHEOGENIC PLANT AND FUNGUS POLICY ACT OF 2020
If enacted, this Initiative would:
- Make the investigation and arrest of adults for non-commercial planting, cultivating, purchasing, transporting, distributing, possessing, and/or engaging in practices with entheogenic plants and fungi among the Metropolitan Police Department’s lowest law enforcement priorities; and
- Codify that the people of the District of Columbia call upon the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia to cease prosecution of residents of the District of Columbia for these activities.