Dennis Sobin

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Dennis Sobin

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Dennis Sobin (Libertarian Party) ran for election for Mayor of Washington D. C.. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Sobin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Mayoral election in Washington, D.C. (2022)

General election

General election for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Incumbent Muriel Bowser defeated Rodney Red Grant, Stacia Hall, and Dennis Sobin in the general election for Mayor of Washington D.C. on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Muriel Bowser (D)	74.6	147,433
		Rodney Red Grant (Independent)	14.9	29,531
		Stacia Hall (R)	5.8	11,510
		Dennis Sobin (L)	1.3	2,521
		Other/Write-in votes	3.3	6,580

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 197,575
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Incumbent Muriel Bowser defeated Robert White, Trayon White, and James Butler in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Washington D.C. on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Muriel Bowser	49.0	62,391
		Robert White	40.5	51,557
		Trayon White	8.8	11,193
		James Butler	1.4	1,753
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	406

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 127,300
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Stacia Hall advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Washington D.C. on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stacia Hall	80.4	2,368
		Other/Write-in votes	19.6	577

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,945
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lori Furstenberg (R)

Green primary election

No Green candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Corren Brown (G)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Dennis Sobin advanced from the Libertarian primary for Mayor of Washington D.C. on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dennis Sobin (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	100	108

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Dennis Sobin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sobin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an author, former college professor and long-time decriminalization activist/

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• “Too much food, drugs or sex may not be good for you. But what adults do with their bodies is their business and not the business of our government. Laws and police need to protect us from others, not from ourselves. As mayor I would put every plainclothes officer in uniform and make sure they work to prevent real crime, not entrap victimless offenders. Our current mayor has made DC unsafe. Murders, assaults and public shootings are at an all-time high. We need to change police tactics to give police the respect and community support they need and deserve. No more should police be used to test the virtue of citizens through undercover entrapment. We have very good pastors, ministers and rabbis to look after our souls. The police need to loo
• We need to change police tactics to give police the respect and community support they need and deserve. No more should police be used to test the virtue of citizens through undercover entrapment. We have very good pastors, ministers and rabbis to look after our souls. The police need to look after our safety. As the elected Libertarian candidate for mayor (elected in the June 21 primary election), I want your vote in the general election on November 8 to send a message that we want to walk the streets of DC—any street at any hour—in safety. Thank you.” Dennis@SafeStreetsArts.org
• As Jefferson said, "The government that governs least, governs best

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public Safety
Freedom of speech and other adult expression.

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See also

• Washington, D.C.
• Mayoral election in Washington, D.C. (2022)
• Municipal elections in Washington, D.C. (2022)

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