2024 District of Columbia elections
| Turnout | 70.8%[1] |
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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.[2]
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.[3]
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 294,185 | 90.28 | −1.87 | ||
| Republican | 21,076 | 6.47 | +1.07 | ||
| Independent |
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2,778 | 0.85 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 7,830 | 2.40 | +1.49 | ||
| Total votes | 325,869 | 100 | N/A | ||
United States House of Representatives
Eleanor Holmes Norton ran for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) | 251,540 | 80.09 | −6.45 | |
| DC Statehood Green | Kymone Freeman | 21,873 | 6.96 | +2.06 | |
| Republican | Myrtle Patricia Alexander | 19,765 | 6.29 | +0.48 | |
| Independent | Michael A. Brown | 19,033 | 6.06 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 1,858 | 0.59 | -0.17 | ||
| Total votes | 314,069 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Shadow Senator
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ankit Jain | 261,075 | 90.7% | |
| Republican | Nelson Rimensnyder | 26,615 | 9.3% | |
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 287,690 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Shadow Representative
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Oye Owolewa | 267,661 | 90.75 | |
| Republican | Ciprian Ivanof | 25,040 | 8.49 | |
| Write-in | 2,253 | 0.76 | ||
| Total votes | 294,954 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District elections
Council
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
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 212,332 | 72.89 |
| No | 78,961 | 27.11 |
| Valid votes | 291,293 | 89.33 |
| Overvotes and undervotes | 34,788 | 10.67 |
| Total votes | 326,081 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 326,129 | 70.80 |
| Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections[8] | ||
References
- ^ "Election Statistics". District of Columbia Board of Elections. 2024-12-02.
- ^ "City elections in Washington, D.C. (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
- ^ Austermuhle, Martin (May 18, 2023). "New Ballot Initiative Proposes Bringing Ranked-Choice Voting And Open Primaries To D.C." DCist. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Elections". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ "General Election 2024 - Certified Results". DC Board of Elections. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Washington, D.C. Shadow Senator Election Results". The New York Times. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "General Election 2024 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "General Election 2024 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
External links
- DC Board of Elections
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "District of Columbia (D.C.)", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "District of Columbia: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia". (Affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Washington, D.C. at Ballotpedia