Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
Rodney Red Grant
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert White (D) | 62.2 | 243,528 |
| ✔ |  | Christina Henderson (Independent) | 23.2 | 90,814 |
 | Darryl Moch (G) | 7.6 | 29,789 | |
 | Rob Simmons (R) | 6.3 | 24,760 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 2,746 | ||
| Total votes: 391,637 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- He'lchie Koton Watts (One Minute Past Twelve Party)
- Kevin Rapp (Independent)
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Robert White | 82.2 | 73,491 |
 | Rodney Red Grant | 16.9 | 15,102 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 808 | ||
| Total votes: 89,401 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Darryl Moch | 79.8 | 390 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 20.2 | 99 | ||
| Total votes: 489 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Muriel Bowser (D) | 74.6 | 147,433 |
| Rodney Red Grant (Independent) | 14.9 | 29,531 | |
 | Stacia Hall (R) | 5.8 | 11,510 | |
 | Dennis Sobin (L) | 1.3 | 2,521 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.3 | 6,580 | ||
| Total votes: 197,575 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Muriel Bowser | 49.0 | 62,391 |
| Robert White | 40.5 | 51,557 | |
 | Trayon White | 8.8 | 11,193 | |
 | James Butler | 1.4 | 1,753 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 406 | ||
| Total votes: 127,300 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Stacia Hall | 80.4 | 2,368 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 19.6 | 577 | ||
| Total votes: 2,945 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lori Furstenberg (R)
Green primary election
No Green candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Corren Brown (G)
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Dennis Sobin (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 100 | 108 | ||
| Total votes: 108 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rodney Red Grant did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
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.
| Collapse all
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.
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
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2024 Elections
Government
External links
|
Candidate Washington D.C. City Council At-large |
Personal |
Footnotes
