Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George captured nearly 85% of the ranked-choice vote to become the next Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Janeese Lewis George, a 38-year-old D.C. councilmember, has won the Washington, D.C. mayoral race, according to the latest data from the District of Columbia Board of Elections. Lewis George, a Democratic socialist, captured nearly 85% of the ranked-choice vote in the contest, which included candidates Robert Gross, a Green Party candidate, and Rhonda Hamilton, an independent candidate.
Lewis George will succeed the outgoing Democrat mayor, Murial Bowser, who assumed office in 2015 and announced last year that she would not be running for re-election. Following the announcement of the results, Bowser wrote on X that she would "run through the tape and support a seamless transition."
In a message on X announcing her victory, Lewis George stated, "Washington DC, thank you for trusting this Daughter of the District to lead us!"
Lewis George has previously stated to The Associated Press that she intends to address "the affordability crisis here in D.C., which the Trump administration has only made worse by unjustly firing federal employees en masse and militarizing our streets."
As part of her early administration, Lewis George said she intends to conduct "a forensic analysis of every District agency, making sure we're taking account of savings and spending, and also fraud and abuse and mishandling," according to FOX 5 DC. She added, "Those are ways that we, as a District government, can improve and make sure that District taxpayers trust us with their dollars."
Lewis George noted her willingness to work with the current administration, stating, "The people of D.C. elect the mayor of D.C., and I am willing to work with this administration to the benefit of D.C. residents," and added, "And I’m also willing to stand up to this administration when it comes to doing just that."
President Donald Trump has previously criticized Lewis George, referring to her as a "Communist" on Truth Social. The president stated that Lewis George "has stated that she wants to empty the prisons, make D.C. a Sanctuary City, oppose ICE, welcome Criminal Illegal Aliens back into our beloved Capital, resist Anti-Crime Crackdowns, Defund the Police, continue and expand Cashless Bail, and so many other Capital destroying ‘things,'" according to a post on Truth Social.
Trump also vowed that he would not let such candidates "destroy the city," stating, "In the end, it will never work out, nor will I let it even have a chance because I have worked too hard to make Washington, D.C., the Envy of the World."
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