WASHINGTON, D.C. — Beyond the open mayor and delegate contests, voters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday handed lopsided wins to two incumbents in citywide offices and settled three ward seats on the D.C. Council.
Attorney General Brian Schwalb was projected to win another term with 92.4% of the vote, or 165,147 ballots, against Republican Manuel Rivera, who had 12,416. About 83.3% of the expected vote had been counted.
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson was also projected to win, taking 92.76% and 161,936 votes over Abi-Ananiah Prudent. Mendelson first joined the Council as an at-large member after the November 1998 election and moved into the chairman role in June 2012, when colleagues picked him to replace the previous chairman. Voters have kept him there in every chairman election since. The post puts him in charge of the Council’s legislative work, and he also runs the Committee of the Whole, which oversees the city budget and public schools.
Two at-large seats were on the ballot. Oye Owolewa led that field with 126,272 votes, or 69.79%, followed by Elissa Silverman with 36,903. No winner had been projected in that race.
In the wards, Aparna Raj was projected to win Ward 1 with 86.34%, Zachary Parker was projected to hold Ward 5 with 89.81%, and Charles Allen was projected to keep Ward 6 with 88.98%.
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