Ernest E. Johnson

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Ernest Johnson

Democratic Party

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Last election

June 19, 2018

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Ernest Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Washington D. C.. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 19, 2018.

Johnson was previously a 2014 Independent candidate for Ward 1 of the Washington, D.C. City Council.

Elections

2018

See also: Mayoral election in Washington, D.C. (2018)

General election

General election for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Incumbent Muriel Bowser defeated Ann Wilcox, Dustin Canter, and Martin Moulton in the general election for Mayor of Washington D.C. on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Muriel Bowser (D)	76.4	171,608
	Submit photo	Ann Wilcox (G)	9.3	20,950
		Dustin Canter (Independent)	6.9	15,478
		Martin Moulton (L)	3.4	7,569
		Other/Write-in votes	4.0	9,053

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 224,658
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Incumbent Muriel Bowser defeated James Butler and Ernest Johnson in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Washington D.C. on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Muriel Bowser	83.1	61,855
		James Butler	10.6	7,915
		Ernest Johnson	6.3	4,674

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,444
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Manley Collins (D)
• Jeremiah Stanback (D)

Green primary election

Green primary for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Ann Wilcox advanced from the Green primary for Mayor of Washington D.C. on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ann Wilcox	100.0	379

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 379
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Mayor of Washington D.C.

Martin Moulton advanced from the Libertarian primary for Mayor of Washington D.C. on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martin Moulton	100.0	98

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2014

See also: Washington, D.C. Council elections, 2014

Washington, D.C. held city council elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on April 1. Brianne Nadeau defeated incumbent Jim Graham, Bryan Weaver and Beverley Wheeler in the Democratic primary. Nadeau defeated face John Vaught LaBeaume (L) and Ernest E. Johnson (I) in the general election.

Washington, D.C. Council, Ward 1, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brianne Nadeau	75.3%	17,024
	Libertarian	John Vaught LaBeaume	3.7%	829
	Independent	Ernest E. Johnson	8.9%	2,021
	Other	Write-in	0.9%	207
	Other	Over and Under Votes	11.2%	2,535
Total Votes				22,616
Source: Washington, D.C. Board of Elections - General Election Results

Washington D.C. Council Ward 1 Primary Election Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brianne Nadeau	58.7%	6,688
Jim Graham Incumbent	40.8%	4,642
Write-in	0.5%	57
Total Votes		11,387
Source: Washington D.C. Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2014

On his campaign website, Johnson highlighted the following issues:

Education

• Excerpt: "Quailty seats in Ward One schools. Ernest will hold a Ward One Education Summit of parents, teachers and community stakholders to establish 24 months bench marks to show major improvements, from pre-k thru 12 grade and improved graduation rates. All kids reading, writing, adding, substracting, dividing and multipling by 4th grade. More accountability of charter schools use of $300 million dollars of DC tax money and when and where charters open new schools as not to affect DC public schools feeder patterns."

DC Pride

• Excerpt: "Ernest will ask Ward One businesses to pay a 1% tax to launch DC Pride. A volunteer to work program for unemployed residents. The program will consist of volunteer fire/ems, public works, graffiti removal and helping seniors maintain their properties."

Streetcars

• Excerpt: "Ernest opposes streetcars in Ward One. The construction would harm small businesses and the ward would lose about 100 parking spaces. Ward One has three Metro stops, Metro buses, DC Circulator, bike lanes and superb walkability."

Affordability

• Excerpt: "Ernest wants to keep Ward One diverse and affordable. Making sure our rent control regulations are strong and enforced. Stopping developers from using loop holes to build pop ups in residential neighborhoods. Increasing the income requirement for Homestead Act exemption and amending the seniors property tax exemption bill to lower the age to 65 years old and make no provision for seniors to repay taxes if they sell their home."

See also

• Washington, D.C.
• Mayoral election in Washington, D.C. (2018)
• Washington, D.C. municipal elections, 2014
• United States municipal elections, 2018
• United States municipal elections, 2014

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