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District of Columbia

3 electoral votes

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Biden (D) has won. An estimated 100 percent of votes have been counted.

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Biden
92.1%
317,323
Trump
5.4%
18,586
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How much of the vote has been counted?

The Post estimates around all votes were counted here within 2 months.

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Final results

Note: Maps on this page won’t indicate a leading candidate in each county until an estimated 35 percent of the vote has been reported there.

Results updated at 10:00 p.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won District of Columbia by a margin of 86.8 points, adding three electoral college votes to her total.

LEAD/WON

Biden

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Joe Biden Biden DEM		317,32392.1%
Donald Trump *Trump *GOP		18,5865.4
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		3,1370.9
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB		2,0360.6
Howie Hawkins Hawkins GRN		1,7260.5
Gloria La Riva La Riva PSL		8550.2
Brock Pierce Pierce IND		6930.2
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent
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Local races

D.C. Council Ward 2

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Brooke Pinto *Pinto *		20,36469.0%
Randy Downs Downs 		6,14120.8
Martin Fernandez Fernandez 		2,1377.2
Peter Bolton Bolton 		8733.0
29,515 votes reported from 100% of precincts.
* Incumbent

D.C. Council Ward 4

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Janeese George George 		38,99094.1%
Perry Redd Redd 		2,4345.9
41,424 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

D.C. Council Ward 7

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Vincent Gray *Gray *		00%
Uncontested
No results reported.
* Incumbent

D.C. Council Ward 8

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Trayon White *White *		25,34079.6%
Fred Hill Hill 		4,74514.9
Christopher Cole Cole 		1,0233.2
Nate Derenge Derenge 		7172.3
31,825 votes reported from 100% of precincts.
* Incumbent

D.C. Council At-large

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Robert White *White *		139,20826.1%
Christina Henderson Henderson 		79,18914.8
Vincent Orange Orange 		64,38912.1
Ed Lazere Lazere 		61,88211.6
Marcus Goodwin Goodwin 		60,63611.4
Markus Batchelor Batchelor 		19,0953.6
Marya Pickering Pickering 		17,8833.3
Monica Palacio Palacio 		13,6352.6
Ann Wilcox Wilcox 		9,7931.8
Franklin Garcia Garcia 		8,9721.7
Jeanne Lewis Lewis 		7,4171.4
Chander Jayaraman Jayaraman 		7,3651.4
Claudia Barragan Barragan 		5,6071.1
A'Shia Howard Howard 		5,3291.0
Joe Bishop-Henchman Bishop-Henchman 		5,1731.0
Will Merrifield Merrifield 		5,0861.0
Kathy Henderson Henderson 		4,8030.9
Alexander Padro Padro 		3,7800.7
Calvin Gurley Gurley 		3,2030.6
Michangelo Scruggs Scruggs 		2,8740.5
Keith Silver Silver 		2,6050.5
Mario Cristaldo Cristaldo 		2,3840.4
Rick Murphree Murphree 		1,8510.3
Eric Rogers Rogers 		1,8390.3
533,998 votes reported from 100% of precincts.
* Incumbent

U.S. Senate

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Paul Strauss *Strauss *		251,99182.0%
Eleanor Ory Ory 		31,15110.1
Cornelia Weiss Weiss 		24,1687.9
307,310 votes reported from 100% of precincts.
* Incumbent

U.S. Delegate

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton *Norton *		281,83186.9%
Patrick Hynes Hynes 		9,6783.0
Barbara Franklin Franklin 		7,6282.4
Omari Musa Musa 		6,7022.1
Natale Stracuzzi Stracuzzi 		5,5531.7
David Krucoff Krucoff 		5,0171.5
Amir Lowery Lowery 		5,0011.5
John Cheeks Cheeks 		2,9140.9
324,324 votes reported from 100% of precincts.
* Incumbent

U.S. Representative

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Oye Owolewa Owolewa 		240,53382.8%
Joyce Robinson-Paul Robinson-Paul 		27,1289.3
Sohaer Syed Syed 		22,7717.8
290,432 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Statewide ballot measures

Initiative 81

Decriminalize entheogens

ResponseVotes Pct.
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Yes Yes 		214,68576.2%
No No 		67,14023.8
281,825 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Member of the State Board of Education

Ward 7

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Eboni-Rose Thompson Thompson 		11,70641.6%
Karen Williams *Williams *		7,50726.7
Dontrell Smith Smith 		6,94224.7
Charles Boston Boston 		1,9857.1
28,140 votes reported
* Incumbent

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Ward 4

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Fraizer L. O'Leary, Jr. O'Leary, Jr. 		28,279100.0%
Uncontested
28,279 votes reported

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Ward 2

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Allister Chang Chang 		10,00249.6%
Sarah Mehrotra Mehrotra 		6,82733.9
James Harnett Harnett 		2,34211.6
Christopher Etesse Etesse 		9954.9
20,166 votes reported

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Ward 8

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Carlene D. Reid Reid 		10,87447.3%
Ryan Washington Washington 		6,26627.2
Lajoy Johnson-Law Johnson-Law 		5,87225.5
23,012 votes reported

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At-large

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Jacque Patterson Patterson 		72,17732.9%
Mysiki Valentine Valentine 		42,94319.6
Dorothy Douglas Douglas 		40,93318.7
Ravi K. Perry Perry 		24,72711.3
Christopher W. Martin Martin 		23,64910.8
Troy Murphy Murphy 		14,8716.8
219,300 votes reported

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Results by state

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Sources: Edison Research, Associated Press, ProPublica, U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.