Oye Owolewa

Oye Owolewa (Democratic Party) is the U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia. He assumed office on January 3, 2021. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Owolewa (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Oye Owolewa was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1989.^[1]^[2] He graduated from Boston Latin School in 2008. He earned a doctorate in pharmacy from Northeastern University in 2014. Owolewa's career experience includes working as a pharmacy manager with Safeway and a pharmacist with Rite Aid.^[3]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Incumbent Oye Owolewa defeated Ciprian Ivanof in the general election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Oye Owolewa (D)	90.7	267,661
	Ciprian Ivanof (R)	8.5	25,040
	Other/Write-in votes	0.8	2,253

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,954
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Incumbent Oye Owolewa defeated Linda L. Gray in the Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on June 4, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Oye Owolewa	57.7	46,582
	Linda L. Gray	40.7	32,863
	Other/Write-in votes	1.7	1,340

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,785
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Ciprian Ivanof advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on June 4, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ciprian Ivanof	88.5	1,737
	Other/Write-in votes	11.5	225

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,962
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Incumbent Oye Owolewa defeated Joyce Robinson-Paul in the general election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Oye Owolewa (D)	83.6	151,182
	Joyce Robinson-Paul (G)	14.7	26,530
	Other/Write-in votes	1.7	3,053

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 180,765
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Incumbent Oye Owolewa defeated Linda L. Gray in the Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Oye Owolewa	51.9	54,317
	Linda L. Gray	46.5	48,630
	Other/Write-in votes	1.5	1,614

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104,561
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Joyce Robinson-Paul advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joyce Robinson-Paul (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	100	287

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 287
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2020

General election

General election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Oye Owolewa defeated Joyce Robinson-Paul and Sohaer Rizvi Syed in the general election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Oye Owolewa (D)	81.6	240,533
	Joyce Robinson-Paul (G)	9.2	27,128
	Sohaer Rizvi Syed (Independent)	7.7	22,771
	Other/Write-in votes	1.5	4,341

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,773
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Oye Owolewa advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Oye Owolewa	95.8	74,101
	Other/Write-in votes	4.2	3,260

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,361
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Dalton Patterson (D)
Susana Baranano (D)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Joyce Robinson-Paul advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joyce Robinson-Paul	89.0	405
	Other/Write-in votes	11.0	50

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 455
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Campaign themes

2024

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Franklin Garcia (D)	U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia 2021-Present	Succeeded by -

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Washington, DC's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ankit Jain (D)

Paul Strauss (D)

Representatives

Eleanor Norton (D)

Oye Owolewa (D)

Democratic Party (4)

[bio-1] US Rep Dr. Oye, "US Representative (DC)," accessed April 22, 2021

[2] D..C Statehood Commission, "New Columbia Statehood Commission," accessed September 4, 2025

[bio2-3] LinkedIn, "US Rep Adeoye Owolewa," accessed April 22, 2021

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Oye Owolewa

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Shadow Representative District of Columbia

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

Notable endorsements

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