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“I am running because I have a two-year-old daughter and my wife and I want to send her to the best school possible,” said Marshall, a resident of Ward 7. “But [we] have to face a reality as many of the schools in Ward 7 are ...
“The WTU is proud to stand behind a diverse slate of candidates who will champion public education and who will strive to move beyond the status quo that continues to fail far too many students,” said Jaqueline Pogue, WTU president ...
Karim Marshall, an independent, said action on preventing gun violence hasn’t taken place on the council and that serves as one of the reasons he chose to enter the race. “Our rising crime rate is a reflection of the lack of will to address the problem,” Marshall said. “We are not doing a good job in our criminal justice system. We need to ...
Candidates for the two at-large seats on the D.C. Council in the Nov. 8 general election talked about a wide range of issues Monday during a two-hour forum co-sponsored by the Washington, D.C. Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, the D.C. Black United Front and the Federation of Community Associations of the District of Columbia ...
Candidates running for local D.C. offices discussed strategies for violent crime prevention at a forum in Southeast Washington this week, grappling once again with a topic that District voters say is a preeminent concern. The forum, hosted at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church on Wednesday night and organized by community public ...
Like a civically engaged Goldilocks, those voting in the District’s 2022 at-large general election this November may find themselves navigating between broad images of candidates (too vague!) and detailed questionnaires (too many words!). We at GGWash feel your pain, and thanks to the tremendous efforts of volunteer Andrew Turner, we now have ...
Marshall tells DCist/WAMU that he filed the complaint in order to get clarity on the rules around campaign coordination ahead of the general election in November. “We can’t have ambiguity going into the general, particularly when we’re dealing with the allocation and use, and allowable use, of public funds,” Marshall says. “And it needs to ...
“If candidates are using public financing to settle grievances or interfere in other elections, that’s not consistent with what we’re using tax dollars for,” said Marshall, a lawyer and first-time council candidate. “It’s possible she shared the information and said, ‘Do what you want with it.’ But what we don’t know is the degree to which ...
Voters will elect two at-large members to the DC Council on November 8, 2022, from a mix of incumbents and new faces. Importantly, each voter is allowed to vote for two candidates from a single list. Many voters miss this distinction—understandable! In every other race in the District, we select one candidate per seat. But, selecting ...
In less than 90 days, candidates for mayor and other major offices in D.C. will square off — and now the November ballot is taking shape. In deep-blue D.C., victors in the Democratic primary typically go on to win in November. Candidates running as independents, meanwhile, were required to submit nominating petitions to the city’s ...
