Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2006

The 2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election determined the successor to two-term mayor Anthony A. Williams, who did not run for re-election. The Democratic primary was held on September 12, 2006, and the general election was held on November 7, 2006. The winner of both was Adrian Fenty, the representative for Ward 4 on the Washington, D.C. City Council. He took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the sixth directly elected mayor since the establishment of home rule in the District, and — at 35 — the youngest elected mayor of a major American city in U.S. history.

Candidates

General Election

*Adrian Fenty - Democratic Party
*David W. Kranich - Republican Party
*Chris Otten - D.C. Statehood Green Party

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Adrian Fenty
votes = 98,740
percentage = 89.73
change = +29.12Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = David W. Kranich
votes = 6,744
percentage = 6.13
change = -28.34Election box candidate with party link
party = D.C. Statehood Green Party
candidate = Chris Otten
votes = 4,554
percentage = 4.14
change = +1.68Election box majority
votes = 91,996
percentage = 83.60
change = Election box turnout
votes = 110,038
percentage =
change =

In addition to the candidates above, the following candidates lost in the primary election.

Democratic Party primary

*Linda W. Cropp - Cropp was considered Fenty's rival as the frontrunner for the mayoral primary, although Fenty took a lead in the polls about two months before the election.
*Marie Johns
*Vincent Orange
*Michael A. Brown, who consistently had trailed the pack in polling data, dropped out of the race September 8, and announced he was throwing his support to Cropp.

Republican Party primary

David W. Kranich ran in the Republican Party primary election. Albert Ceccone gathered signatures to run on the ballot as well, but after a challenge by Kranich, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics declared many of the signatures invalid. [cite web |title=Kranich v. Ceccone, Administrative Hearing No. 06-002 |work=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics |date=2006-09-03 |url=http://www.dcboee.org/pdf_files/06002.pdf |format=PDF ] Consequently Ceccone did not have enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, and only Kranich's name appeared as running for mayor on the Republican primary ballot. [cite web |title=Sample Ballot: Republican Primary: District of Columbia |work=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics |date=2006-09-12 |url=http://www.dcboee.org/pdf_files/Samples_PrimaryRep.pdf |format=PDF ] Kranich received 65% of the vote. [cite web |title=Certified Election Night Results |work=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics |date=2006-09-26 |url=http://www.dcboee.org/nws/news_frame.asp?filename=nr_83.pdf&mid=9&yid=2006&type=News%20Releases&hl=t |format=PDF ]

tatehood Green Party primary

Chris Otten ran unopposed for the Statehood Green party's primary election. [cite web |title=Sample Ballot: Statehood Green Primary: District of Columbia |work=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics |date=2006-09-12 |url=http://www.dcboee.org/pdf_files/Samples_StatehoodGreen.pdf |format=PDF ] Otten received 50% of the vote. [cite web |title=Certified Election Night Results |work=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics |date=2006-09-26 |url=http://www.dcboee.org/nws/news_frame.asp?filename=nr_83.pdf&mid=9&yid=2006&type=News%20Releases&hl=t |format=PDF ]

Endorsements

*Fenty received the endorsements of, most notably, "The Washington Post" and former mayor Marion Barry.
*Cropp received the endorsement of, most notably, outgoing mayor Anthony A. Williams.
*Orange received the endorsement of, most notably, recently terminated Metrobus driver Sidney Davis, as highlighted in the August 21, 2006 article, " [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/20/AR2006082000600.html Soapbox on Wheels] ", in "The Washington Post".
*Johns received the endorsement of, most notably, "The Washington Times".

External links

* [http://www.slate.com/id/2153187/ Slate profile of Kranich]