Washington&#39;s Ex-Mayor Wins Primary for Council Seat
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The former mayor of Washington, DC who served prison time on a drug charge more than a decade ago claimed the Democratic nomination for a City Council seat on Tuesday, a spot that almost
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Democrat Christine Gregoire expanded  her lead over Republican Dino Rossi to 130 votes to win the  race for Washington state governor in a recount seven weeks  after the election, officials said on Thursday.
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Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington who was caught taking cocaine, has made a new political comeback in the US capital.
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Republican Dino Rossi came out on top Wednesday in the recount of Washington state&#39;s extremely tight gubernatorial race. The Seattle Times reported that Rossi&#39;s margin over Democrat
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A former assistant federal prosecutor easily won a Democratic special primary Friday to face U.S. Rep. Mike Turner in November.
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After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington state governor&#39;s race, elections officials announced yesterday that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was
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DC's former mayor takes a new role in government
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Why D.C.'s turnout is so low, even when the district is choosing its likely next mayor
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams predicted Monday he has enough votes in the District of Columbia Council to approve financing for a ballpark for the Expos in the location agreed to in the team's contract to relocate to the capital.
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The City Council certified the results of a hotly contested mayoral election on Wednesday, and Mayor Dick Murphy was sworn in for a second term.
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There were no surprises in congressional primaries held Tuesday in the state of Washington. In the Senate race, the stateÃ¢ÂÂs marquee contest this year, voters gave overwhelming victory margins to the major partiesÃ¢ÂÂ favored candidates: Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell and Republican Mike McGavick, the former CEO of Seattle-based Safeco Insurance Corp.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington Democrats will finance a full hand recount of 2.9 million ballots cast for governor more than a month ago, the party announced Friday.
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Alaska Republican Sarah Palin, a former mayor of Wasilla, likely salvaged her partyÃ¢ÂÂs hopes of retaining the governorship when she easily won the Aug. 22 primary Ã¢ÂÂ in which incumbent Frank H. Murkowski, whose trouble-plagued term had left him virtually unelectable in November, finished third.
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OLYMPIA, Washington The chairman of the Washington State Democratic Party says that recount results from King County give his party&#39;s candidate an eight-vote victory in the closest governor&#39;s race in state history.
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A six-term incumbent congressman emerged Saturday as the apparent winner of a hotly contested primary after officials finished counting more than 11,000 provisional ballots.
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For Anthony Williams, the mayor of Washington, this week&#39;s deal to return Major League Baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after
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Recount Begins in Wash. Governor&#39;s Race; Republican Dino Rossi Led by 261 Votes in First Count. Washington Governor-elect Dino Rossi, right, listens to a Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, address by Homeland Security