2026 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

The 2026 Washington, D.C. mayoral election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the mayor of Washington, D.C. Incumbent mayor Muriel Bowser is retiring after serving three consecutive four-year terms. Primary elections will be held on June 16, 2026 to select party nominees.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Yaida Ford, civil rights attorney
• Gary Goodweather, real estate developer
• Janeese Lewis George, councilmember from Ward 4 (2021–present)
• Kenyan McDuffie, former councilmember from Ward 5 (2012–2023) and at-large councilmember (2023–2026)
• Talib Karim Muhammad, attorney and engineer
• Vincent Orange, former at-large councilmember (2011–2016) and councilmember from Ward 5 (1999–2007)
• Rini Sampath, cybersecurity consultant
• Hope Solomon, former federal government contractor

Filed paperwork

• Robert L. Gross
• Regan Jones, motivational speaker
• Jeffrey Wincott

Publicly expressed interest

• Ivan Cloyd, real estate developer
• Rini Sampath, government contractor

Potential

• Karl Racine, former attorney general of the District of Columbia (2015–2023)

Declined

• Muriel Bowser, incumbent mayor (2015–present)
• Randy Clarke, general manager and CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Robert White, at-large councilmember (2016–present) and candidate for mayor in 2022 (running for U.S. House, endorsed Lewis George)

Endorsements

Fundraising

Independents

Candidates

Filed paperwork

• Rhonda Hamilton, business owner
• Nadeem Adam Khan, engineer
• James McMorris
• Christopher Teague

Declined

• Elissa Silverman, former at-large councilmember (2015–2023)

Notes

References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Yaida Ford (D) for Mayor
• Ernest E. Johnson (D) for Mayor
• Gary Goodweather (D) for Mayor
• Rhonda Hamilton (I) for Mayor
• Janeese Lewis George (D) for Mayor
• [Https://khan4dc.org Nadeem Adam Khan (I) for Mayor]
• Kenyan McDuffie (D) for Mayor