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jsteele wrote:
Today is the deadline for turning in candidate petitions and it appears that Charles Allen will be unopposed.

In the Dem primary. An independent could run against him in the general election.[/quote]

I would love an entire slate of moderate independent candidates to vote for.  They can't be moderate Republicans, like David Catania and Carole Schwartz were, because the Republican brand has become so toxic.  But just as DC's Dems are now dominated by the progressive ideology wing of the Democratic party, maybe DC needs to become a test case for an alternate moderate independent slate since many people---independents, R's and D's---are disgusted by extremism and want a return to pragmatic problem solving.  DC is not that large.  A good independent who was willing to pound the pavement and go door to door and talk to people and GOTV would stand a chance in November.  People who are ticked about crime in Ward 6 would go out and vote.[/quote]

I would vote for an independent as you describe, OR a moderate Dem (like Tony Willams) or moderate R (like Hogan, Romney, Catania, Schwarz).  I know so many Rs who were also never-Trumpers, and I think the fate of the party for me depends on who they put up for '24. I'd love to see a condoleeze Riace, not a DeSantis. We'll see. At the local politic level, I know few DC Republicans who were Trumpers. Maybe I don't know any. So I would vote for them based on their platform.[/quote]

I don't think Catania or Schwartz would be considered Rs in today's R party. They would be mod Dems.[/quote]

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