The 2020 Washington, D.C. elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.[2]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Washington, D.C. voters elected one of its two shadow Senators, its nonvoting member of the House of Representatives and 6 of 13 seats on the council. There is also one ballot measure which was voted on.[3]
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.
2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia
Eleanor Holmes Norton is running for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.[4]
2020 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent)
281,831
86.30
Libertarian
Patrick Hynes
9,678
2.96
Independent
Barbara Washington Franklin
7,628
2.34
Socialist Workers
Omari Musa
6,702
2.05
D.C. Statehood Green
Natale Lino Stracuzzi
5,553
1.70
Independent
David Krucoff
5,017
1.54
Independent
Amir Lowery
5,001
1.53
Independent
John Cheeks
2,914
0.89
Write-in
2,263
0.69
Total votes
326,587
100.00
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Shadow Senator[]
Main article: 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia
Incumbent Paul Strauss was re-elected to a sixth term as Shadow Senator.
2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Paul Strauss (incumbent)
251,991
81.17
D.C. Statehood Green
Eleanor Ory
31,151
10.03
Republican
Cornelia Weiss
24,168
7.78
Write-in
3,154
1.02
Total votes
310,464
100.00
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Shadow Representative[]
Main article: 2020 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia
Incumbent Franklin Garcia has declined to run for re-election. Democrat Oye Owolewa, independent Sohaer Syed, and Statehood Green Joyce Robinson-Paul are competing for his open seat.
2020 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia[5]
6 of 13 seats in the Council 7 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Democratic
Independent
Seats before
11
2
Seats after
11
2
Seat change
Popular vote
257,294
375,987
Percentage
38.08%
55.64%
Members of the Council of the District of Columbia are elected to four-year terms. In 2020, six of the thirteen seats were up for election: four single-member wards and two single non-transferable vote at-large seats.
At-Large[]
2020 Council of the District of Columbia at-large election[5]
, titled the Entheogenic Plants and Fungus Policy Act of 2020, aims to decriminalize noncommercial cultivation, distribution and possession of psychedelic plants, including psilocybin mushrooms, iboga, cacti containing mescaline, and ayahuasca.[6]
"State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020