Rodney Red Grant

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Rodney Red Grant (Democratic Party) (also known as Red) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Washington D.C. City Council. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 4, 2024.

Elections

2024

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

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert White and incumbent Christina Henderson defeated Darryl Moch and Rob Simmons in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council At-large on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert White
Robert White (D)
 
62.2
 
243,528
Image of Christina Henderson
Christina Henderson (Independent)
 
23.2
 
90,814
Image of Darryl Moch
Darryl Moch (G)
 
7.6
 
29,789
Image of Rob Simmons
Rob Simmons (R)
 
6.3
 
24,760
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
2,746

Total votes: 391,637
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert White defeated Rodney Red Grant in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council At-large on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert White
Robert White
 
82.2
 
73,491
Image of Rodney Red Grant
Rodney Red Grant
 
16.9
 
15,102
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
808

Total votes: 89,401
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Green primary election

Green primary for Washington D.C. City Council At-large (2 seats)

Darryl Moch advanced from the Green primary for Washington D.C. City Council At-large on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darryl Moch
Darryl Moch
 
79.8
 
390
 Other/Write-in votes
 
20.2
 
99

Total votes: 489
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Grant in this election.

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

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

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
Image of Stacia Hall
Stacia Hall
 
80.4
 
2,368
 Other/Write-in votes
 
19.6
 
577

Total votes: 2,945
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

No Green candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Dennis Sobin
Dennis Sobin (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
100
 
108

Total votes: 108
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

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

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I announced my candidacy for Mayor on May 15, 2021. I was the first candidate to announce. I am a product of the arts and humanities community and it has contributed tremendously to my success.

I am inspired to make DC the model city! I want to improve the quality of life for all of our residents. I will focus on creating programs for homeless and struggling veterans. I am an advocate for small businesses that create jobs for DC. And most importantly, I want to focus on youth and education by ensuring equitable disbursement of funding across school systems.

I am an executive and a humanitarian. The candidates who currently hold office are great legislators, but DC deserves more than that. I am an executive who has operated several successful corporations for nearly 30 years. The DC Government is the Nation’s largest and most important corporation, and needs to be run by an executive who understands the importance of allocating resources and funds in a way that is protected by checks and balances and historical comprehension.

Moreover as a humanitarian. I will focus on the well being of all people. As an Independent candidate, I am not influenced by party line politics. I am driven by the people. I believe the residents of the District of Columbia deserve more than what they have been given in the last decade in order to bring about true change.

Dc has never elected a Non-democratic candidate as Mayor. We are making history everyday!
  • My goal is to make DC a place where the youth are empowered to succeed, seniors are incorporated in society, displaced citizens are shown the love, care, and respect they deserve, and our city is made safe and affordable to live in again.
  • As Mayor, I will prioritize the advancement of the agenda of small businesses in the District. Rodney Red Grant has been a pioneer in the fight for improved liveable income and wages. He has created opportunities for gainful employment across sectors within the entertainment, nonprofit, and public relations industries. As a Native Washingtonian who was raised between both Tyler House Apts. and the Penn Branch neighborhood, Rodney knows firsthand the difference in services and resources available from one side of the city to the other. As Mayor, fighting income inequality and ending cycles of poverty will be the cornerstone of Rodney’s plan for the District’s recovery and a brighter, more equitable future.
  • The Grant administration will place DC’s schools at the center of our economic comeback and embrace the goal of ensuring all students, regardless of their circumstances, are able to thrive. Rodney is acutely knowledgeable of the impediments facing students in both DCPS and DCPCS. As a DCPS graduate of Dunbar HS, Red has experienced, first hand, the result of depleted resources, but also recognizes that access to vocational programming gave many of his classmates an opportunity to thrive. As Mayor, Rodney will ensure that all non-magnet schools have a full offering of vocational and technical programming. Students will be able to identify interest areas and will be able to attend schools which fit their desired interests.
As a parent and DCPS graduate, I am a fierce advocate for equitable education. I understand the importance of leveraging all stakeholders in our educational system to create an infrastructure that actually works. I agree black and brown students are disproportionately disciplined in schools however we have to implement a holistic curriculum that introduces social and emotional learning to our youth in communities plagued with a variety of trauma. As it stands, DCPS currently has seven SBHCs in operation. As mayor, I will ensure that every single school has access to in-person (or virtual) responsive and trauma-informed mental health services. As mayor I will revamp the school budget allocation formula so that their is clear transparency on how school funds are disbursed. I will ensure that schools have enough local, recurring dollars to cover rising costs in FY 2023. I will provide additional funds to allow schools to invest in targeted resources that help boost the academic outcomes of Black and brown students. Further I will ensure that schools reintroduce trade based curriculums in new emerging industries.
will lobby HUD for a more appropriate housing formula that considers the true median income of families in the 8 wards of D.C. As Mayor, I will also Increase Affordable Housing by regulating the requirements for banks that fund development projects in the District. On day one I will issue an immediate audit of the HPTF and enact strict affordable housing guidelines

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