Bowser will win a 3rd term in office

[Anonymous]

Race has already been called on WTOP...its over folks.

[Anonymous]

The AP called it. Mendelson has an even bigger lead.

[Anonymous]

Too bad that Karl Racine didn’t run against Bowser. Washington DC could do a lot better than Bowser.

[Anonymous]

The last two elections haven’t presented any viable challengers. Why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Karl Racine didn’t run against Bowser. Washington DC could do a lot better than Bowser.

OK, but Racine wouldn't be better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Karl Racine didn’t run against Bowser. Washington DC could do a lot better than Bowser.

We could, but Robert White isn't it, and the other guy isn't even worth mentioning.

[Anonymous]

Good for her.

[Anonymous]

She is so underwhelming. I'm glad her margin is at least much much smaller.

[Anonymous]

I voted for White and Palmer but I'm not remotely surprised about this outcome and felt kind of futile casting my vote.

Truthfully, I didn't really like them as alternatives that much. I am tired of Bowser and Mendo and do think they've fallen into cronyism politics and it not great (well Bowser's always been like this, but Mendo didn't used to be). But it felt like the opposition this round was just beating a drum of "we're the true progressives, we hold the most liberal progressive views." And that's nice and all, but in a city that is 90+% Democratic, I don't know that I'm interesting in having a contest about who can say the most progressive thing. We're all liberal, okay?

You know what I would get excited about? Candidates who wanted to make the trains run on time. Just a technocrat. Anyone running in DC is going to be liberal enough for me. I just want someone who wants to make city government efficient and focused on serving the people. I think Palmer was kind of like this, but I worried her inexperience would make it hard for her to accomplish (still voted for her, just not that enthusiastically).

Right now, I like Christina Henderson. Smart, competent, and focused on quality of life and efficiency issues. She does not get bogged down in left-right politics, which is a silly thing to focus on in a city as liberal as DC. I think she'd make a great chair or mayor.

[Anonymous]

Nadeau is gonna win too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nadeau is gonna win too.

Please. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nadeau is gonna win too.

Please. No.

Looks like it. Ward 1 and 3 are screwing us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I voted for White and Palmer but I'm not remotely surprised about this outcome and felt kind of futile casting my vote.

Truthfully, I didn't really like them as alternatives that much. I am tired of Bowser and Mendo and do think they've fallen into cronyism politics and it not great (well Bowser's always been like this, but Mendo didn't used to be). But it felt like the opposition this round was just beating a drum of "we're the true progressives, we hold the most liberal progressive views." And that's nice and all, but in a city that is 90+% Democratic, I don't know that I'm interesting in having a contest about who can say the most progressive thing. We're all liberal, okay?

You know what I would get excited about? Candidates who wanted to make the trains run on time. Just a technocrat. Anyone running in DC is going to be liberal enough for me. I just want someone who wants to make city government efficient and focused on serving the people. I think Palmer was kind of like this, but I worried her inexperience would make it hard for her to accomplish (still voted for her, just not that enthusiastically).

Right now, I like Christina Henderson. Smart, competent, and focused on quality of life and efficiency issues. She does not get bogged down in left-right politics, which is a silly thing to focus on in a city as liberal as DC. I think she'd make a great chair or mayor.

+1 on CH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nadeau is gonna win too.

Please. No.

Ugh. I dread her winning too, but it looks like it will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I voted for White and Palmer but I'm not remotely surprised about this outcome and felt kind of futile casting my vote.

Truthfully, I didn't really like them as alternatives that much. I am tired of Bowser and Mendo and do think they've fallen into cronyism politics and it not great (well Bowser's always been like this, but Mendo didn't used to be). But it felt like the opposition this round was just beating a drum of "we're the true progressives, we hold the most liberal progressive views." And that's nice and all, but in a city that is 90+% Democratic, I don't know that I'm interesting in having a contest about who can say the most progressive thing. We're all liberal, okay?

You know what I would get excited about? Candidates who wanted to make the trains run on time. Just a technocrat. Anyone running in DC is going to be liberal enough for me. I just want someone who wants to make city government efficient and focused on serving the people. I think Palmer was kind of like this, but I worried her inexperience would make it hard for her to accomplish (still voted for her, just not that enthusiastically).

Right now, I like Christina Henderson. Smart, competent, and focused on quality of life and efficiency issues. She does not get bogged down in left-right politics, which is a silly thing to focus on in a city as liberal as DC. I think she'd make a great chair or mayor.

Christina Henderson obstructed schools reopening too. She stopped sooner than Robert White and Janneese Lewis George, but she was doing it long after most of the country's schools had reopened.