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United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2020

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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 4, 2020
Primary: June 2, 2020
General: November 3, 2020

Pre-election incumbent:
Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democrat)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in District of Columbia
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
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See also
District of Columbia's At-Large Congressional District
At-large
District of Columbia elections, 2020
U.S. Congress elections, 2020
U.S. Senate elections, 2020
U.S. House elections, 2020

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected one non-voting member to serve in the U.S. House from their at-large congressional district. Voters also elected one shadow senator and one shadow representative.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 4, 2020
June 2, 2020
November 3, 2020


Heading into the election the U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate was Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, who was first elected in 1990.

Candidates and election results

Offices up for election in 2020:

Nonvoting U.S. Delegate

General election

General election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
 
86.3
 
281,831
Image of Patrick Hynes
Patrick Hynes (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
9,678
Image of Barbara Washington Franklin
Barbara Washington Franklin (Independent)
 
2.3
 
7,628
Omari Musa (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
2.1
 
6,702
Image of Natale Stracuzzi
Natale Stracuzzi (G)
 
1.7
 
5,553
Image of David Krucoff
David Krucoff (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
1.5
 
5,017
Image of Amir Lowery
Amir Lowery (Independent)
 
1.5
 
5,001
Image of John C. Cheeks
John C. Cheeks (Independent)
 
0.9
 
2,914
Image of Greg Maye
Greg Maye (D) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
2,263

Total votes: 326,587
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton
 
98.0
 
103,898
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
2,100

Total votes: 105,998
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Natale Stracuzzi advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Natale Stracuzzi
Natale Stracuzzi
 
79.4
 
367
 Other/Write-in votes
 
20.6
 
95

Total votes: 462
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Ford Fischer advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ford Fischer
Ford Fischer Candidate Connection
 
85.7
 
138
 Other/Write-in votes
 
14.3
 
23

Total votes: 161
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U.S. Shadow Senator

General election

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

Incumbent Paul Strauss defeated Eleanor Ory and Cornelia Weiss in the general election for U.S. Shadow Senator District of Columbia on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Strauss
Paul Strauss (D) Candidate Connection
 
81.2
 
251,991
Image of Eleanor Ory
Eleanor Ory (G)
 
10.0
 
31,151
Cornelia Weiss (R)
 
7.8
 
24,168
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
3,154

Total votes: 310,464
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Paul Strauss advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Shadow Senator District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Strauss
Paul Strauss Candidate Connection
 
96.8
 
86,014
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.2
 
2,860

Total votes: 88,874
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Green primary election

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

Eleanor Ory advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Shadow Senator District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eleanor Ory
Eleanor Ory
 
90.8
 
423
 Other/Write-in votes
 
9.2
 
43

Total votes: 466
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U.S. Shadow Representative

Incumbent Franklin Garcia (D) did not file for re-election.

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

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
Image of Oye Owolewa
Oye Owolewa
 
95.8
 
74,101
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.2
 
3,260

Total votes: 77,361
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Joyce Robinson-Paul
Joyce Robinson-Paul
 
89.0
 
405
 Other/Write-in votes
 
11.0
 
50

Total votes: 455
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