DC’s Next Mayor Is a Socialist Ready to Fight Trump ^50.1%

Jacobin - By Janeese Lewis George - 7/5/2026, 8:55 AM

Politically Left Leaning Bias 21.5% - Indoctrination 21.2% - Appeal to Emotion 20.1%

Janeese Lewis George just made history. On June 16, the Ward 4 councilmember and democratic socialist won the Democratic primary for mayor of Washington, DC — decisively enough to end the race before all the votes were even counted and by the widest margin the city has seen in two decades. In the overwhelmingly Democratic city, that... more