2026 Elections Hub
You’ll find here information about Greater Greater Washington’s political work in 2026 elections in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, including resources about voting and candidates, candidates’ responses to our questionnaires, our endorsements, and how you can help our endorsed candidates win their elections.
Distinctly political work, like our endorsements process, is not funded by grants. We are only able to make endorsements with support from individual donors. If you value our endorsements resources, consider a contribution, of any amount, to support us in 2026 and beyond.
Endorsements
In 2026, GGWash will endorse in elections in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. We will list endorsements here as we publish them. Here’s how you can help support our endorsed candidates!
DC Democratic primary
- Mayor of the District of Columbia: Janeese Lewis George
- DC Council Chair: No endorsement
- At-large majority-party council seat: Lisa Raymond
- At-large minority-party council seat (special election): Elissa Silverman
- Ward 1 council seat: Aparna Raj
- Ward 3 council seat: No endorsement
- Ward 5 council seat: Zachary Parker
- Ward 6 council seat: Charles Allen
- Congressional seats (United States delegate and shadow senator): Robert White for US delegate and Markus Batchelor for Shadow Senator
Montgomery County Democratic primary
- County Executive: Andrew Friedson
- At-large County Council (vote for four): Scott Goldberg, Karla Silvestre, Laurie-Anne Sayles and Jim McNulty
- County Council District 1: Drew Morrison
- County Council District 2: No endorsement
- County Council District 3: Jud Ashman
- County Council District 4: Kate Stewart
- County Council District 5: No endorsement
- County Council District 6: Natali Fani-González
- County Council District 7: Dawn Luedtke
Prince George’s County Democratic primary
- At-large County Council (vote for two): Sydney Harrison and Jolene Ivey
- County Council District 1: Martin Mitchell
- County Council District 2: No endorsement
- County Council District 3: Eric Olson
- County Council District 4: No endorsement
- County Council District 5: No endorsement
- County Council District 6: No endorsement
- County Council District 7: No endorsement
- County Council District 8: No endorsement
- County Council District 9: Tamara Davis Brown
Questionnaire responses
DC Democratic primary candidates
- For mayor of the District of Columbia: Gary Goodweather, Janeese Lewis George, Kenyan McDuffie
- For attorney general of the District of Columbia: Brian Schwalb and JP Szymkowicz declined to respond.
- For DC Council Chair: Jack Evans and Phil Mendelson declined to respond.
- For the Ward 1 council seat: Rashida Brown, Terry Lynch, Aparna Raj, Miguel Trindade Deramo
- For the Ward 3 council seat: Matthew Frumin, Adam Prinzo
- For the Ward 5 council seat: Bernita Carmichael, Zachary Parker
- For the Ward 6 council seat: Charles Allen
- For the at-large majority-party council seat: Kevin Chavous, Michael Graham, Fred Hill, Candace Tiana Nelson, Oye Owolewa, Lisa Raymond
- For the at-large minority-party council seat (special election): Doni Crawford, Elissa Silverman
- For congressional seats (United States representative and shadow senator):
- United States representative: Deirdre Brown, Gordon Chaffin, Samuel Greenfield, Robert Matthews, Vince Morris, Brooke Pinto, Robert White, Kinney Zalesne
- Shadow senator: Markus Batchelor
Montgomery County Democratic primary candidates
- For County Executive: Andrew Friedson, Evan Glass
- For County Council District 1: Drew Morrison
- For County Council District 2: Marilyn Balcombe declined to respond.
- For County Council District 3: Jud Ashman, Allison Eriksen, Izola “Zola” Shaw
- For County Council District 4: Kate Stewart, Peter “Rocky” Whitesell
- For County Council District 5: Charles Kirchman and Kristin Mink declined to respond.
- For County Council District 6: Natali Fani-Gonzalez
- For County Council District 7: Dawn Luedtke
- For County Council at-large: Fatmata Barrie, Josie Caballero, Scott Goldberg, Jim McNulty, Laurie-Anne Sayles, Prabu Selvam, Karla Silvestre, Steve Solomon
Prince George’s County Democratic primary
- At-large County Council: Sydney Harrison, Jolene Ivey, Jeana Jacobs, Keith Washington, Noah Emmanuel Waters
- For County Council District 1: Martin Mitchell, Darwin Romero
- For County Council District 2: Daniel Armando Jones and Victor Ramirez declined to respond.
- For County Council District 3: Eric Olson
- For County Council District 4: Juliet Agocha, Euniesha Davis
- For County Council District 5: Shayla Adams-Stafford and Wynton Johnson, Sr. declined to respond.
- For County Council District 6: Bertrand Tessa
- For County Council District 7: Krystal Oriadha declined to respond.
- For County Council District 8: Ed Burroughs declined to respond.
- For County Council District 9: Tamara Davis Brown, Imara Crooms, Sherman Hardy, Lolita Walker, Eleanor Washington
Blank questionnaires, for reference:
- DC: Mayor, attorney general, council, congressional seats
- Montgomery County: Executive, county council
- Prince George’s County: County council
- Virginia: Forthcoming
About our process
For more detail on how we do endorsements, read this post.
Past endorsements
See our 2022 elections page, 2023 elections page, 2024 elections page, and 2025 elections page.