White ran up a significant margin in the competitive race, receiving more than 25% of the vote (84,884 votes).聽White, a former aide to aide to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC, has been on the council since 2016.

Former DC Council staffer Christina Henderson is currently in second in that race, with 14.81% of the vote. The at-large seat that Henderson is leading in the race for was previously held by David Grosso, a progressive independent (also, Henderson鈥檚 ) who has like universal paid family leave.

Only five at-large DC Council candidates have garnered more than 5% of the vote:

1. Robert White: 25.03% (84,884 votes)
2. Christina Henderson: 14.81% (50,239 votes)
3. Vincent Orange: 12.66% (42,957 votes)
4. Marcus Goodwin: 11.93% (40,454 votes)
5. Ed Lazere: 11.24% (38,124 votes)

Results via DCBOE; as of 12:01am on Nov. 4.

Spots on the 13-seat council are coveted. This year鈥檚 race was fierce and contentious, at times moving into tensions and open hostilities.

Former at-large DC councilmember Vincent Orange, who lost to White in 2016, is around 7,000 votes away from second place with 42,957 votes.

Goodwin, a real estate developer, is in fourth place with just over 40,000 votes. In聽January, he said he would prioritize the District鈥檚 rising violent crime rate, and he was by 最新蜜桃影像ington Post’s editorial board along with Henderson, who pledged to focus on education, healthcare, and housing.

Ed Lazere, the longtime leader of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, has for his supporters鈥� aggressive protests outside the home of DC Councilmember Anita Bonds, who supported Marcus Goodwin, another DC Council candidate.

Lazere, currently in fifth place with just over 38,000 votes, was endorsed by liberal groups, including . Nearly all of the candidates in the field were challengers to White, the incumbent who聽has been on the council since 2016. White was previously an aide to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.

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However, many businesses near Pennsylvania Avenue have boarded their doors in fear of civil unrest.聽

On Oct. 29, during a press conference, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed her concerns of protests potentially becoming unruly in the District, and protester Esm猫 Matthews agrees.

鈥淚 voted for Biden, and if Trump wins I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 going to go well it鈥檚 going to be extreme unrest in this city and across the country,鈥� Matthews said.聽

However, optimistic protesters like Estrella Lopez believe it will be the opposite of chaos.

鈥淚鈥檓 here to pray for the White House because I believe in prayer and I think my prayer is going to move mountains and Joe is going to take over the White House,鈥� Lopez said. 鈥淓ven if he doesn鈥檛, something good will still come out of this election.鈥�

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Polling place manager Egypt Jones said early and absentee voting but into Election Day crowds. Jones said almost 3,000 people have cast their ballot at the polling location in the last week.

Some Ward 2 residents, however, like Sara Aguiniga, were still casting their vote even as polls neared close. Aguiniga said she had intended to vote absentee, but her ballot never arrived.
鈥淭hankfully the voting process was seamless,鈥� Aguiniga said.

D.C. doesn鈥檛 require photo ID to vote, meaning Aguiniga just had to give her first and last name and address. Jones said that鈥檚 what has made the process so smooth, even for last minute voters like Aguiniga.

鈥淚t hasn鈥檛 taken anyone more than five minutes,鈥� Jones said.

Regarding the national races, Aguiniga said she voted for Joe Biden for president. Locally, she voted to reelect D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto for the Ward 2 council seat. Aguiniga said she was excited to see Pinto at the polling place doing some last-minute campaigning.

鈥淚 like that she is a younger woman,鈥� Aguiniga said. 鈥淚 appreciate her concern for the city.鈥�

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A program called 鈥� standing for mobilizing, organizing, registering and energizing 鈥� will air at the top of each hour until 9 p.m. At that time, a two-hour national program will air, filled with music, prayers, speeches from local interfaith leaders and testimonies from others.

Rev. Liz Theoharis, director of the in New York City and co-chair of the , came from New York to help organize the event.

“Folks here are singing songs, ringing bells, sounding the shofar and praying that every vote gets counted,” Theoharis said.

Interfaith volunteers flocked to the church early evening Tuesday to line its steps with thousands of small, plastic candles.

“We’re lighting 3,000 candles, which we hope are symbolic in leading us into the light,” said Arlene Holt-Baker, chair of . “Tonight, the steps of this church will shine so bright.”

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This morning at Nationals Park was windy and quite chilly. Election workers had already been in position for the past week. They鈥檝e had practice at their posts, helping voters through the process to ensure they鈥檙e accurately registered and their ballots were filled out.

The concourse had been made into a voting assembly line normally used by the PNC Diamond Club, a venue that costs $195 per game for front row seats on the field. The seats also must be purchased a year in advance. Today though, the club鈥檚 Edison bulb mood lighting gave voters just enough light to know what registration table they were being directed to.

As of 1 p.m., the count was only 314 voters though. According to Cheryl Tyler, the voting space opened at 7 a.m. expecting a larger crowd, the official in charge of the polling place. While a jump of adrenaline coursed through when the fire alarm went off in the first hour of voting, even that turned out to be a simple malfunction.

The efficiency of the voting place has overcome the expectation of the park staff as well. 鈥淭hey told us they were impressed by how quick we got through people,鈥� Tyler said about the one, and only, time a line has formed out of the building. It was one the first day of early voting, and it lasted about 15 minutes. Since then, media, campaign supporters and special interests generally outnumber the voters.

A spokesperson for the Nationals confirmed that all of the venue time had been donated in non-partisan support of voting in the District.

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Lucy Werner, a volunteer with the organization, said she’s been in the District for the past five days, passing out everything from Kind bars to chips and salsa to pizza to voters and anyone else who happens to pass by.

Mid-day Nov 3, the group was outside the Union Market voting supercenter handing out free waters and Shake Shack cheeseburgers. Pizza to the Polls partners with local restaurants who donate the food to encourage people to get out and vote, Werner explained.

The organization is non-partisan. “We are just here literally to support everyone – anyone and everyone who walks by. It is free food for all,” said Werner.

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“We’re promoting a feeling of calm and unity, especially since we don’t know what to expect tonight,” prayer volunteer Heather Hurlburt said.

The volunteers had to electronically sign agreements to refrain from partisan support during their prayer shifts, according to the .聽Prayer will be offered in different chunks of time across the District, pending volunteers’ availabilities, prayer volunteer Jessie Brewster said.

Alongside the smaller prayer groups dispersed across the District, an is occurring at the National Cathedral from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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