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Delegate to the House of Representatives
Mayor
Chairman of the Council
At-Large Member of the Council
Ward One Member of the Council
Ward Three Member of the Council
Ward Five Member of the Council
Ward Six Member of the Council
US Representative (Shadow
Representative)
Upcoming
Elections
General Election: On November 3, 1998, in the general
election, the following offices will be elected on a partisan ballot. the Delegate to the
House of Representatives, the Mayor, the Chairman of the City Council, two at-large
members of the Council, the US Representative (Shadow Congressman), and Ward
Councilmembers for Wards 1, 3, 5, and 6. Each political party will select (either through
the primary election or another process determined by the party) one candidate to run for
the at-large Councilmember seats, and independent candidates will also run in the general
election. Voters can vote for either one or two candidates for the at-large seats.
Regardless of party or independent status, the top two vote-getters will be elected, to
fill the seats currently held by David Catania and Hilda H.M. Mason. The following
non-partisan offices will also be on the ballot: an at-large member of the Board of
Education (to fill the seat currently occupied by Jay Silberman); Ward members of the
Board of Education for Wards 2, 4, 7, and 8; and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners.
General Election Candidates
The following candidates have picked up
petitions to run as indiependents in the general election. Click on a link to reach either
the candidate’s independent campaign web site or, if the candidate does not have a
web site, to the candidate’s campaign materials on the DCWatch site. Campaign
materials on the DCWatch web site are not edited except to format them to fit a web page
and to eliminate any direct fundraising appeals. Party candidates will be added to this
listing after they have been decided in the primary election.
In each of the following charts, the
“pick-up” date is the day that the candidate (or his or her representative)
picked up petitions, and the “filing” date is the date that completed petitions
were filed with the Board of Elections and Ethics.
Delegate to the
House of Representatives
| NAME | PARTY |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton Candidate’s campaign site | Dem |
| Edward Henry Wolterbeek | Rep |
| Pat Kidd | DCS |
| Mary Martin | Socialist Workers |
| Natale N. Stracuzzi | IND |
Mayor
| NAME | PARTY |
| Anthony A. Williams Candidate’s campaign site | Dem |
| Carol Schwartz Candidate’s campaign site | REP |
| John Gloster | DCS |
| Sam Manuel | Socialist Workers |
| Alpha Estes Brown | IND |
| Albert Ceccone | IND |
| Faith | IND |
| Brian P. Moore | IND |
Chairman of the Council
| NAME | PARTY | ||
| Linda Cropp | DEM | ||
| Shaun M. Snyder | Rep | ||
| Joseph Romanow | DCS | ||
| Brian Williams | Socialist Workers |
At-Large Member of the Council
| NAME | PARTY | ||
| Phil Mendelson | DEM | ||
| David A. Catania Candidate’s web page | REP | ||
| Hilda Mason | DCS | ||
| Mark Thompson | UMOJA | ||
| Olympia Newton | Socialist Workers | ||
| Sandra Seegars | IND | ||
| Malik Z. Shabazz | IND | ||
| Beverly J. Wilbourn | IND |
Ward One Member of the Council
| NAME | PARTY |
| Jim Graham Candidate’s web page | DEM |
| Mark Leventhal | Rep |
| Nik Eames | UMOJA |
| Scott McLarty | Green Party |
Ward Three Member of the Council
| NAME | PARTY | PICK-UP | FILING |
| DEM | 5-22-98 | 7-08-98 |
Ward Five Member of the Council
| NAME | PARTY | PICK-UP | FILING |
| Vincent Orange | DEM | 5-15-98 | 7-02-98 |
| Ian Alexander | REP | 6-11-98 | 7-01-98 |
Ward Six Member of the Council
| NAME | PARTY | PICK-UP | FILING |
| Sharon Ambrose | DEM | 5-15-98 | 7-08-98 |
| Richard de Beauvoir | IND | 8-7-98 | 8-24-98 |
U.S. Representative (Shadow Representative)
| NAME | PARTY | PICK-UP | FILING |
| Thomas E. Bryant, Jr. | DEM | 6-30-98 | 7-07-98 |
| David Van Williams | DCS | 5-27-98 | 7-08-98 |
| Mike Livingston | Green Party | 7-6-98 | 8-25-98 |
Board of Education Candidates
On November 3, 1998, at the
general election, an at-large member of the Board of Education (to fill the seat currently
occupied by Jay Silberman) and Ward members for Wards 2, 4, 7, and 8 will be elected in a
non-partisan election.
AT LARGE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS
WARD TWO MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION
WARD FOUR MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION
| NAME |
| Sandra Butler-Truesdale |
| Tommy Duren |
| John Howard |
| Dwight E. Singleton |
WARD SEVEN MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION
| NAME | PICK-UP | FILING |
| Sam Bost | 7-24-98 | 8-26-98 |
| Herbert A. Boyd, Jr. | 8-17-98 | 8-26-98 |
| Dorothy Y. Douglas | 7-6-98 | 8-26-98 |
| Tom Kelly | 8-7-98 | 8-26-98 |
| Bernadyne E. Williams | 8-18-98 | 8-26-98 |
WARD EIGHT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION
| NAME | PICK-UP | FILING |
| “Jeff” Canady, LWVDC questionnaire | 8-10-98 | 8-26-98 |
| William Lockridge | 8-5-98 | 8-26-98 |