Who is running for DC Mayor?

[Anonymous]

Brianne Nadeau is polling really well.

Looks like DC might get its first white mayor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brianne Nadeau is polling really well.

Looks like DC might get its first white mayor.

She'd get more votes than Randy Clarke. Both would lose in a H2H race against Trayon White.

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Anonymous wrote:Eleanor needs to hang it up so Muriel can run for her seat and then there would be new blood in the Mayor's office. woefully needed.

Muriel is looking for a position with Events DC after the new RFK stadium is built.

She would end up with a management position in DC with a utility like Verizon, Pepco, or Wash. Gas.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eleanor needs to hang it up so Muriel can run for her seat and then there would be new blood in the Mayor's office. woefully needed.

Muriel is looking for a position with Events DC after the new RFK stadium is built.

She would end up with a management position in DC with a utility like Verizon, Pepco, or Wash. Gas.

It’s so obvious she will go work for one of the sports teams and serve on one of these utility company or other public company boards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brianne Nadeau is polling really well.

Looks like DC might get its first white mayor.

Share the poll?

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Anonymous wrote:Brianne Nadeau is polling really well.

Looks like DC might get its first white mayor.

Share the poll?

I think it was conducted by The Onion.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon McDuffie will most likely run and for everyone's sake I hope he does not win! He was a terrible Council Person for Ward 5. His office was so rude, ignored his constituents and did not better the ward at all! He seemed to spend more time in other wards rather than his own. He is all talk!

Yep. He never responded to emails or phone called. I was so relieved when he was disqualified for the Attorney General’s position. If he is practicing law, he might run for that seat again.

He said he is running

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon McDuffie will most likely run and for everyone's sake I hope he does not win! He was a terrible Council Person for Ward 5. His office was so rude, ignored his constituents and did not better the ward at all! He seemed to spend more time in other wards rather than his own. He is all talk!

Yep. He never responded to emails or phone called. I was so relieved when he was disqualified for the Attorney General’s position. If he is practicing law, he might run for that seat again.

He said he is running

Kenyon is one of the few people who would be worse than Muriel. God help us.

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Anonymous wrote:DC has not one single political leader. Sad state of affairs.

In a city of HS class presidents no less!

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Anonymous wrote:Please, for the love of Christ: anyone but Muriel

AGREED!!!!

Nah. Trayon White ran last time. It can get worse.

[Anonymous]

DC would be better off if council members were barred from running from mayor.

Being on the council gives candidates the name recognition needed to win the election, but is otherwise horrible preparation. The primary job of the mayor is to appoint and manage heads of various city agencies, including MPD and DCPS.

Nothing council members do prepares them to do this. We’ve seen the consequences with Bowser, who has completely failed at the task of finding competent people to run key agencies. Her incompetent administrators have turned the agencies they oversee into laughing stocks.

If the rumors hold, we’ll likely end up with a mayoral field populated by the likes of JLG, Nadeau, McDuffie, T White, and maybe C Allen. I’d trust none of these people to run a corner store, let alone a city as complex as DC.

I don’t have a lot of hope for this city’s future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC would be better off if council members were barred from running from mayor.

Being on the council gives candidates the name recognition needed to win the election, but is otherwise horrible preparation. The primary job of the mayor is to appoint and manage heads of various city agencies, including MPD and DCPS.

Nothing council members do prepares them to do this. We’ve seen the consequences with Bowser, who has completely failed at the task of finding competent people to run key agencies. Her incompetent administrators have turned the agencies they oversee into laughing stocks.

If the rumors hold, we’ll likely end up with a mayoral field populated by the likes of JLG, Nadeau, McDuffie, T White, and maybe C Allen. I’d trust none of these people to run a corner store, let alone a city as complex as DC.

I don’t have a lot of hope for this city’s future.

Nadeau and Lewis George would not run against each other. They are best friends. I think C Allen, McDuffie and possibly T White will run in addition to JLG. I still think Bowser wants to finish the stadium work as mayor

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Anonymous wrote:No need, will just be added to the duties of the VP of the United States.

I wonder if Muriel herself will again start to generate trendy buzz as a candidate for VP, as she did in 2020.

Uh, huh. I didn't know the mayor hangs out on DCUM. Shouldn't you be in Qatar?

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Anonymous wrote:DC would be better off if council members were barred from running from mayor.

Being on the council gives candidates the name recognition needed to win the election, but is otherwise horrible preparation. The primary job of the mayor is to appoint and manage heads of various city agencies, including MPD and DCPS.

Nothing council members do prepares them to do this. We’ve seen the consequences with Bowser, who has completely failed at the task of finding competent people to run key agencies. Her incompetent administrators have turned the agencies they oversee into laughing stocks.

If the rumors hold, we’ll likely end up with a mayoral field populated by the likes of JLG, Nadeau, McDuffie, T White, and maybe C Allen. I’d trust none of these people to run a corner store, let alone a city as complex as DC.

I don’t have a lot of hope for this city’s future.

We need a fresh face. We haven't had a good mayor in a really long time, and the city council members are so, so bad. The best thing anyone could say about Bowser is that at least she isn't as crazy as JLG, Nadeau, Allen, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC would be better off if council members were barred from running from mayor.

Being on the council gives candidates the name recognition needed to win the election, but is otherwise horrible preparation. The primary job of the mayor is to appoint and manage heads of various city agencies, including MPD and DCPS.

Nothing council members do prepares them to do this. We’ve seen the consequences with Bowser, who has completely failed at the task of finding competent people to run key agencies. Her incompetent administrators have turned the agencies they oversee into laughing stocks.

If the rumors hold, we’ll likely end up with a mayoral field populated by the likes of JLG, Nadeau, McDuffie, T White, and maybe C Allen. I’d trust none of these people to run a corner store, let alone a city as complex as DC.

I don’t have a lot of hope for this city’s future.

Nadeau and Lewis George would not run against each other. They are best friends. I think C Allen, McDuffie and possibly T White will run in addition to JLG. I still think Bowser wants to finish the stadium work as mayor

I don't think it makes any sense for Bowser to stick around. If she leaves next year, she gets to enjoy the credit for delivering the stadium deal.

Things likely start to get messy once the construction starts. Even if the project stays on time and on budget, there will be a lot of controversy around transit / parking and the inevitable failure of the Commanders to live up to perceived promises on housing.

If the construction goes over budget or the city's revenues start tanking, those who inked this deal are going to shoulder their share of blame. And that will probably happen anyway once DC taxpayers slowly wake to what that they've been sold.

In addition to those considerations, Bowser is also likely very burned out from the past 9 months and has some fairly attractive options waiting for her in the private sector.