Nestor Djonkam

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Nestor Djonkam

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June 19, 2018

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Nestor Djonkam (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Washington D.C. City Council to represent Ward 5. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 19, 2018.

Djonkam was previously a 2014 Independent candidate for Mayor of Washington, D.C..

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Washington, D.C. (2018)

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 5

Incumbent Kenyan McDuffie defeated Kathy Henderson, Joyce Robinson-Paul, and Amone Banks in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenyan McDuffie (D)	79.3	23,745
	Submit photo	Kathy Henderson (Independent)	8.4	2,523
		Joyce Robinson-Paul (G)	7.0	2,085
	Submit photo	Amone Banks (Independent)	3.6	1,085
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	513

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,951
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 5

Incumbent Kenyan McDuffie defeated Gayle Hall Carley, Bradley Thomas, LaMonica Jeffrey, and Nestor Djonkam in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 5 on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenyan McDuffie	69.4	7,737
	Submit photo	Gayle Hall Carley	15.0	1,668
	Submit photo	Bradley Thomas	12.3	1,373
	Submit photo	LaMonica Jeffrey	2.8	314
		Nestor Djonkam	0.5	55

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,147
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Green primary election

Green primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 5

Joyce Robinson-Paul advanced from the Green primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 5 on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joyce Robinson-Paul	100.0	36

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36
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2014

See also: Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2014

Washington, D.C. held mayoral elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on April 1. Muriel Bowser defeated incumbent Vincent Gray, Carlos Allen, Christian A. Carter, Jack Evans, Michael Green, Reta Jo Lewis, Vincent Orange, Luis Poblete, Frank Sewell, Andy Shallal, Octavia Wells and Tommy Wells in the Democratic primary. Faith was unopposed in the D.C. Statehood Green Party primary, while Bruce Majors was unopposed in the Libertarian primary.

In the general election, Bowser defeated Faith, Majors, David Catania (I), Nestor Djonkam (I), and Carol Schwartz (I).

Mayor of Washington, D.C. General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Muriel Bowser	54.5%	96,666
	Independent	Nestor Djonkam	0.3%	460
	Independent	David Catania	34.6%	61,388
	Green	Faith	0.9%	1,520
	Independent	Carol Schwartz	7%	12,327
	Libertarian	Bruce Majors	0.7%	1,297
	Other	Write-in	0.9%	1,612
	Other	Under and Over Votes	1.2%	2,088
Total Votes				177,358
Source: Washington, D.C. Board of Elections - General Election Results

Washington D.C. Democratic Mayoral Primary Election Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Muriel Bowser	43.4%	42,045
Vincent Gray Incumbent	32.6%	31,613
Jack Evans	5%	4,877
Andy Shallal	3.3%	3,196
Reta Lewis	0.5%	490
Vincent Orange	2%	1,946
Carlos Allen	0.1%	120
Tommy Wells	12.8%	12,393
Write-in	0.2%	235
Total Votes		96,915
Source: Washington D.C. Board of Elections

See also

• Washington, D.C.
• Municipal elections 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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