Vincent Gray

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Vincent Gray

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Mayor of Washington D.C.

Successor: Muriel Bowser

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Washington D.C. City Council Ward 7

Successor: Wendell Felder

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Vincent Gray (Democratic Party) was a member of the Washington D.C. City Council, representing Ward 7. He assumed office in 2017. He left office on January 2, 2025.

Gray (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Washington D.C. City Council to represent Ward 7. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: City elections in Washington, D.C. (2020)

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 7

Incumbent Vincent Gray won election in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vincent Gray (D)	94.5	33,392
		Other/Write-in votes	5.5	1,955

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,347
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 7

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vincent Gray	45.4	5,254
		Veda Rasheed	22.8	2,638
	Submit photo	Kelvin E. Brown	17.5	2,024
	Submit photo	Anthony Lorenzo Green	12.1	1,396
	Submit photo	Rebecca Morris	1.6	183
	Submit photo	James Jennings	0.3	36
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	34

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,565
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2016

Vincent Gray defeated incumbent Yvette Alexander, Grant Thompson, and Delmar Chesley in the Washington, D.C. Council Ward 7 Democratic primary election.

Washington, D.C. Council Ward 7, Democratic Primary Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Vincent Gray	60.73%	6,333
Yvette Alexander Incumbent	33.39%	3,482
Grant Thompson	3.31%	345
Delmar Chesley	1.99%	208
Write-in votes	0.58%	60
Total Votes		10,428
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Primary Election 2016 - Certified Results," June 28, 2016

Vincent Gray defeated Gary Butler and Christian Carter in the Washington, D.C. Council Ward 7 general election.

Washington, D.C. Council Ward 7, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Vincent Gray	86.29%	27,956
	Independent	Gary Butler	7.31%	2,367
	Independent	Christian Carter	5.67%	1,837
		Write-in votes	0.73%	237
Total Votes				32,397
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections, "General Election 2016 - Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2016

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

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2020

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Endorsements

2016

The following table displays endorsements issued in the 2016 election:

Candidate endorsements
Candidate	The Washington Post	D.C. for Democracy	Gertrude Stein Democratic Club	Democrats for Education Reform
At-large
Vincent Orange (Incumbent)
David Garber
Robert White
District 2
Jack Evans (Incumbent)
District 4
Brandon Todd (Incumbent)
Leon Andrews Jr.
Ron Austin
Calvin Gurley
District 7
Yvette Alexander (Incumbent)
Delmar Chesley
Vincent Gray
Grant Thompson
District 8
LaRuby May (Incumbent)
Maurice Dickens
Bonita Goode
Aaron Holmes
Trayon White

See also

• Washington, D.C.
• Municipal elections in Washington, D.C. (2020)

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Washington D.C. City Council Ward 7 2017-2025	Succeeded by Wendell Felder (D)
Preceded by -	Mayor of Washington D.C. 2011-2015	Succeeded by Muriel Bowser (D)