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Our 2018 Ward 3 voter guide: From DC delegate to ANC 3F

October 15, 2018 by FHC 3 Comments

A protest vote in 1938, when DC residents couldn’t even vote for the president of the United States. (Library of Congress photo)

Election Day is Tuesday, November 6th. We’re here to help you get ready.

When does voting start?

Early voting begins Monday, October 22nd at One Judiciary Square and October 26 at community satellite centers and ends on Friday, November 2. All locations are open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Two locations are available in Ward 3:

  • Chevy Chase Community Center (5601 Connecticut Avenue)
  • Cleveland Park Library (3310 Connecticut Avenue)

You can also request an absentee ballot, for any reason. The deadline for requests is Tuesday, October 30th. Here are the instructions.

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Registering to vote

You can register online and by mail until October 17th and in person until the day before early voting. After that, you can register on the same day you vote, whether it’s during early voting or Election Day with proof of residency. For more information about how to register, click here.

Major races for Ward 3 voters

The candidates are listed in the order in which they’ll appear on the ballot, with links to additional information, when available. The default is campaign websites. In their absence, we’re linking to news articles and Ballotpedia. If you know of other, better resources, please provide the links in the comments section below.

We are adding write-in candidates as well, so if you are running, let us know in the comments below.

Delegate to the House of Representatives

Libertarian: Bruce Majors

DC Statehood Green: Natalie “Lino” Stracuzzi

Democrat: Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent)

Independent: John Cheeks

Republican: Nelson Rimensnyder

DC Mayor

DC Statehood Green: Ann C. Wilcox

Independent: Dustin Canter

Democrat: Muriel Bowser (incumbent)

Libertarian: Martin Moulton

Chair of the DC Council

Democrat: Phil Mendelson (incumbent)

Libertarian: Ethan Bishop-Henchman

At-Large Council Member (vote for two candidates)

Republican: Ralph Chittams, Sr.

DC Statehood Green: David Schwartzman

Independent: Rustin Lewis

Independent: Dionne Reeder

Democrat: Anita Bonds (incumbent)

Independent: Elissa Silverman (incumbent)

Watch the October 16th At-Large DC Council Candidate Forum at the Chevy Chase Community Center:

Attorney General for the District of Columbia:

Democrat: Karl Racine

Libertarian: Joe Henchman

U.S. Shadow Senator

DC Statehood/Green: Eleanor Ory

Democrat: Michael D. Brown (incumbent)

U.S. Shadow Representative

Democrat: Franklin Garcia

Independent: Erik Metzroth (write-in candidate)

Ward 3 Council member

Independent: Petar Dimtchev

Democrat: Mary Cheh (incumbent)

Ward 3 Member State Board of Education

Ruth Wattenberg (incumbent)

Dora Currea

Watch the Ward 3 SBOE candidates debate at the Tenleytown Library on October 15th:

ANC 3F Races

There are seven seats on our Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Four candidates, all incumbents, are running unopposed. Two of the races are competitive, and single member district 3F04 has no candidate on the ballot, so voters may be invited to write one in.

3F01: David Dickenson (incumbent)

3F02: Carolinn A. Kuebler and Dave Donaldson

3F03: Naomi Rutenberg (incumbent)

3F04: No candidate

3F05: Andrea Molod (incumbent)

3F06: William Sittig (incumbent) and Monika Nemeth

3F07: Patrick Jakopchek (incumbent)

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Comments

  1. Dave Donaldson says

    October 15, 2018 at 10:19 am

    Thank You for putting this out in our Community. You all continue to provide a great information publication for Our Forest Hills Voters.

    Reply
  2. John Capozzi says

    October 15, 2018 at 10:38 am

    Dave is correct!

    Reply
  3. Erik Metzroth says

    October 17, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    I am running for Shadow Representative as a write-in independent. I urge your readers to head to my website (DCrepresent.com) or Twitter (@representdc) to see why re-electing the incumbent is not in DC’s best interest.

    Reply

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