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BEN NUCKOLS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — After the longest general-election campaign season in the history of District of Columbia self-rule, voters are picking a new mayor.
Democratic nominee Muriel Bowser is favored to continue her party’s unbeaten streak for the city’s top office in Tuesday’s election. Since District residents were granted home rule starting in 1974, every mayor has been an African-American Democrat. Three out of four District voters are Democrats.
Bowser defeated scandal-plagued Mayor Vince Gray in the Democratic primary, which was held in April instead of its traditional September date. That and the presence of two well-known independents made the race more competitive than usual.
Bowser’s top challenger is David Catania, a longtime D.C. councilmember. He argued that his record is more progressive. Bowser positioned herself as a consensus-builder with appeal across the city.
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