By: Miriam Edelman President Donald Trump continues to interfere with Washington, D.C. This time, on June 11, 2026, less than a week before D.C.’s 2026 elections and after some D.C. residents have already voted, Trump threatened to take over D.C. if top Mayoral candidate D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, a Democratic socialist, wins D.C.’s June 16, 2026, primary election. Although Trump has been overly focused on the District of Columbia, he had not made any comments o

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW is pleased that later in 2026, D.C. will use ranked choice voting (RCV) in its elections for the first time. DCNOW’s blog has multiple pieces about RCV in the nation’s capital. This piece reviews some key points from DCNOW’s blog piece, entitled “Overview of Ranked Choice Voting (Ranked Choice Voting Part One),” before discussing how D.C.’s new RCV works. Review of Ranked Choice Voting Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), also known as Alternative Vote, is a

By: Miriam Edelman Retiring Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an extremely effective Member of Congress despite not having a vote. This piece follows up on DCNOW’s blog’s piece, entitled “DCNOW Thanks Civil and D.C. Rights Icon, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton for Her Decades of Leadership.” Sheila Bunn, who was Norton’s Chief of Staff, credits Norton’s confidence with Norton’s success. Bunn said: “There’s no fear with her when it comes to talking to other members of C