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Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George elected Washington, D.C. mayor, NBC projects

Council member Janeese Lewis George succeeds retiring Mayor Muriel Bowser after defeating Green Party and independent rivals.

Published Nov 4, 2026 · 03:50 UTC2 reports

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NBC News projects that Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George has been elected mayor of Washington, D.C.[NBC News]
Lewis George, a D.C. council member, defeated Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and write-in candidates, while Republicans fielded no candidate.[NBC News · Associated Press]
She succeeds Mayor Muriel Bowser, who did not seek reelection after three terms, and earlier won 54% of the vote in the June Democratic primary.[NBC News · Associated Press]
The race was the first mayoral contest in the city to use ranked-choice voting, and her term begins as Bowser's ends on January 2.[NBC News · Associated Press]

Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. council member, won the Democratic primary in June with 54% of the vote against six rivals.[Associated Press]
NBC News projects that Lewis George has been elected mayor of Washington, D.C.[NBC News]
Lewis George beat Robert L. Gross of the DC Statehood Green Party and independent Rhonda Hamilton in the general election.[NBC News · Associated Press]
Republicans did not field a mayoral candidate in the heavily Democratic city.[Associated Press]
Lewis George succeeds Mayor Muriel Bowser, who did not seek reelection after completing her third four-year term.[NBC News · Associated Press]
The race was the first in the city to use ranked-choice voting, a method approved as a ballot measure in 2024.[NBC News]

The election result is currently reported as an NBC News projection, and the AP coverage was written while voting was still underway and describes Lewis George as heavily favored.[NBC News · Associated Press]

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