Faith
Faith was the 2014 D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate for Mayor of Washington, D.C. Faith's original name was "Faith Dane." She legally changed it to "Faith" in 1983.[1] Between 1980 and 2014, she ran for mayor a total of nine times.[2]
Biography
Faith was born in 1924. Her professional experience includes working as an actress and musician. In 1962, she starred in the movie Gypsy, playing the role of Mazeppa. She had previously played the character of Mazeppa in a Broadway production of Gypsy in 1959.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2014
On her campaign website, Faith provided the following statement about her political platform:[2]
- "As a D.C. sovereignty and statehood activist, I have determined the necessity of empowering the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) as mini governmental and intercultural community centers. These centers will integrate many municipal functions, such as clearing-houses for legislation, family counseling, drug rehabilitation, and studies in racism and culture. I’ve engineered a plan of pure democracy infusing the formula of FDR’s Works Project Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project as the structural girder."
In response a question about her political platform for 2014 from the Washington Post, she stated:[4]
- "The main issue is “arts around the clock.” I’m old enough to be familiar with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal for the arts. We had arts around the clock — painting, music, dance. And it was free! It was so therapeutic."
Elections
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).[5][6][7]
| 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 | ||||
| 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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2010
In 2010, Faith ran her eighth campaign for mayor of Washington, D.C.. The Green party candidate in the general election, she lost to Vincent Gray (D).[8]
| Mayor of Washington, D.C., 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Vincent Gray |
74.2% | 97,978 | |
| Independent | Carlos Allen | 1.7% | 2,279 | |
| Socialist | Omari Musa | 0.5% | 717 | |
| Green | Faith | 1.1% | 1,476 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 22.4% | 29,599 | |
| Total Votes | 132,049 | |||
Media
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Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Faith + Mayor + Washington + D.C."
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Post, "Trumpeting Faith Meet a Bugle-Blaring Mayoral Candidate Who's Positive About the Art of the Campaign," August 20, 2002
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Faith 4 Mayor, "Homepage," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ Imdb.com, "Gypsy," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Washington Post, "Faith for D.C. mayor: behind the 90-year-old’s ninth campaign," August 13, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ Washington D.C. Board of Elections, "General Election Sample Ballot," accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ Washington D.C. Board of Elections, "2010 General Election Results," accessed September 9, 2014
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