Gray, Kwame, Mendelson Win; How Did Your Precinct Vote?

Most of the votes are in from yesterday’s DC Primary vote. No surprises: Gray beat Fenty 54% to 45% and Kwame Brown defeated Vincent Orange 55% to 39% with Dorothy Douglas taking 5%. Phil Mendelson easily survived his race for At-Large Council despite fears he might lose to Michael D. Brown due to name confusion. The general election is November 2, but in one-party town, yesterday’s Democratic Primary was the vote that mattered.

In Ward 1 incumbent Jim Graham easily won his Democratic Primary race with 57% of the vote. Challengers Jeff Smith and Bryan Weaver each got 21% of the vote. All 16 precincts in Ward 1 have reported their vote totals. Most of the U Street neighborhood is in Ward 1.

Who did voters in the Dupont-Logan-U Street area support compared to the rest of the city? We broke out the results for 10 precincts in the Dupont-Logan-U Street area. The results are in the table below–you can compare your precinct to the citywide totals. The DC Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOEE) has the preliminary results online; the easier-to read, interactive site at DCBOEE is also now updated.

Fenty Wins Big Locally

Fenty easily won nine of the 10 selected precincts, getting roughly 70% of the vote, and topping 80% in two Dupont Circle area precincts. Orange ran better in a number of precincts in the Dupont-Logan-U Street area than he did citywide, as did Mendelson.

Citywide Results

Results are for 128 of 143 precincts from the DCBOEE. More than 6,000 provisional and same-day registration ballots are yet to be counted.

• Mayor: Dem Primary – Fenty 45%, Gray 54%
• Council Chairman: Democratic Primary – Kwame Brown 55%, Orange 39%, Douglas 5%
• Council At-Large: Democratic Primary – Michael D. Brown 28%, Mendelson 63%, Ray 9%

Results from 10 Local Precincts

Below are the results from 10 selected precincts in the Dupont-Logan-U Street area for three races in the Democratic Primary: Mayor, At-Large Council and Council Chairman. The address of each precinct is below the table. Some precincts are in more than one neighborhood; DCBOEE has maps of precincts.

Precinct	Fenty	Gray		M.D.Brown	Mendelson	Ray		K. Brown	Orange
13	83%	16%		15%	75%	10%		42%	50%
14	80%	20%		10%	81%	9%		45%	45%
15	77%	22%		10%	78%	12%		48%	43%
16	74%	26%		12%	73%	15%		51%	41%
17	67%	32%		19%	71%	9%		55%	37%
18	47%	52%		32%	53%	15%		56%	37%
21	56%	43%		23%	64%	12%		58%	33%
22	72%	28%		18%	72%	9%		50%	42%
137	53%	45%		27%	62%	11%		54%	36%
141	76%	24%		11%	75%	14%		47%	46%

• 13 – St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 1820 Connecticut Avenue NW
• 14 – St. Thomas Episcopal Church Parish, 1772 Church Street NW
• 15 – Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th Street NW
• 16 – Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, 1701 15th Street NW
• 17 – Charles Sumner School, 1201 17th Street NW
• 18 – Henry C. Gregory III Family Life Center, 1509 9th Street NW
• 21 – Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, 1630 Vermont Avenue NW
• 22 – Garnet-Patterson Jr. High School, 2001 10th Street NW
• 137 – Garrison Elementary School, 1200 S Street NW
• 141 – Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, 2000 14th Street NW