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1974 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

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FieldValue
countryDistrict of Columbia
typepresidential
ongoingno
next_election1978 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
next_year1978
election_dateNovember 5, 1974
image1File:Walterwashington (1).jpg
nominee1Walter Washington
party1District of Columbia Democratic State Committee
popular_vote184,676
percentage180.5%
image2File:3x4.svg
image_size150x150px
nominee2Sam Harris
party2Independent politician
popular_vote27,514
percentage27.1%
nominee3Jackson R. Champion
image3File:3x4.svg
party3Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote33,703
percentage33.5%
titleMayor
before_electionWalter Washington
(as Mayor-Commissioner)
before_partyDistrict of Columbia Democratic State Committee
after_electionWalter Washington
after_partyDistrict of Columbia Democratic State Committee
map_size235px
map_imageFile:DC 1974 Mayorial Election By Ward.svg
map_captionResults by ward

(as Mayor-Commissioner) Washington Washington, D.C., held its first direct election for its mayor on November 5, 1974. It followed the passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act by the U.S. Congress in 1973. The election was won by Walter Washington, a Democrat. Washington won the Democratic nomination in a seven-candidate primary election in which his most significant opponent was Clifford Alexander Jr.

Democratic primary

As with every mayoral election that followed, the 1974 race was at its most intense in the Democratic Primary, with 90 percent of DC's voters registered as Democrats. The primary contest was a seven-person race, but the highest profile candidates were Walter Washington (the incumbent, being the city's presidentially appointed mayor-commissioner), and Clifford Alexander Jr. (the former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). Washington was by far the favorite at the start of the campaign in May 1974, but tightened as the September primary drew closer. Washington won the September 10 primary, 53%-47%.

General election

References

References

  1. Harry S. Jaffe and Tom Sherwood. ''Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington D.C.'' Simon & Schuster, 1994, p.62
  2. Matthews, Jay. (October 11, 1999). "City's 1st Mayoral Race, as Innocent as Young Love". Washington Post.
  3. https://archive.org/details/americavotes11elec/page/356 Page 359
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