Nate Derenge

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Nate Derenge

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November 5, 2024

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Nate Derenge (Republican Party) ran for election to the Washington D.C. City Council to represent Ward 8. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: City elections in Washington, D.C. (2024)

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8

The following candidates ran in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trayon White (D)	75.8	20,371
		Nate Derenge (R)	14.8	3,981
		Michael Reese (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Michael Brown (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Khadijah Clark (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	June Sherman (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Olivia Henderson (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	9.3	2,509

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,861
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8

Incumbent Trayon White defeated Salim Adofo and Rahman Branch in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trayon White	51.5	3,835
		Salim Adofo	27.7	2,063
		Rahman Branch	20.3	1,511
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	41

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,450
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Cannaday (D)
• Markus Batchelor (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8

Nate Derenge advanced from the Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nate Derenge	79.7	126
		Other/Write-in votes	20.3	32

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 158
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Quinn K. Nii (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Derenge in this election.

2022

See also: City elections in Washington, D.C. (2022)

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman

Incumbent Phil Mendelson defeated Darryl Moch and Nate Derenge in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Mendelson (D)	82.0	160,948
		Darryl Moch (G)	9.7	18,937
		Nate Derenge (R)	6.7	13,128
		Other/Write-in votes	1.6	3,224

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 196,237
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman

Incumbent Phil Mendelson defeated Erin Palmer in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Mendelson	53.2	64,877
		Erin Palmer	46.4	56,671
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	492

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,040
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman

Nate Derenge advanced from the Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nate Derenge	89.9	2,469
		Other/Write-in votes	10.1	276

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,745
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Green primary election

Green primary for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman

Darryl Moch advanced from the Green primary for Washington D.C. City Council Chairman on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darryl Moch (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	100	349

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 349
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2020

See also: City elections in Washington, D.C. (2020)

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8

Incumbent Trayon White defeated Frederick Hill III, Christopher Cole, and Nate Derenge in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trayon White (D)	78.8	25,340
	Submit photo	Frederick Hill III (Independent)	14.8	4,745
	Submit photo	Christopher Cole (Independent)	3.2	1,023
		Nate Derenge (R)	2.2	717
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	316

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,141
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Free Moore (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8

Incumbent Trayon White defeated Mike Austin, Yaida Ford, and Stuart Anderson in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trayon White	58.2	5,063
		Mike Austin	27.3	2,376
	Submit photo	Yaida Ford	7.5	656
	Submit photo	Stuart Anderson	4.7	405
		Other/Write-in votes	2.3	197

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,697
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeronda Hilton (D)
• Christopher Hawthorne (D)
• Danielle Platt (D)
• Frederick Hill III (D)
• Fria Moore (D)
• Nelson Jackson Sr. (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8

Nate Derenge advanced from the Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 8 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nate Derenge	60.6	43
		Other/Write-in votes	39.4	28

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Nate Derenge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Nate Derenge completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Derenge'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.

Nate wants property taxes, payouts to cousins, and wasteful spending to decrease in Washington DC.

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?

• Stop the annual increases on property taxes.
• Divest from public housing.
• dismantle the H St. trolley car.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Stopping Democrats like Kenyan McDuffie from changing parties to take away council seats from other parties.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

abandonment of home rule.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

i believe we have a constitution and live in a republic. Those shouldn't be compromised.

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2020

Nate Derenge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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