# 2018 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

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On November 6, 2018, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser won re-election, becoming the first mayor to do so for Washington, D.C., since Anthony A. Williams won a second term in 2002.
In the first 80 days of her re-election campaign, Bowser raised about $1.4 million for her campaign fund. She had no serious challengers in the primary, with only some little-known candidates filing to run against her. Bowser won the June 19 primary with 80% of the vote.

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Muriel Bowser, incumbent mayor
* James Butler, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Ward 5
* Ernest E. Johnson, real estate professional, unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2010 and for D.C. Council in 2014

#### Declined

* Vincent C. Gray, Ward 7 D.C. Councillor and former mayor
* Karl Racine, Attorney General of the District of Columbia

### Primary results

District of Columbia Democratic primary election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Muriel Bowser (incumbent) | 61,855 | 80.0 |
| | Democratic | James Butler | 7,915 | 10.2 |
| | Democratic | Ernest E. Johnson | 4,674 | 6.0 |
| | Democratic | Write-ins | 2,887 | 3.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 77,331 | 100.0 |

## Libertarian primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Martin Moulton

#### Results

District of Columbia Libertarian primary election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Martin Moulton | 98 | 81.0 |
| | Libertarian | Write-ins | 23 | 19.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 121 | 100.0 |

## Green primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Ann C. Wilcox, former Ward 2 DC Board of Education member, 1994–1998

#### Results

District of Columbia Green primary election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DC Statehood Green | Ann C. Wilcox | 379 | 82.2 |
| | DC Statehood Green | Write-ins | 82 | 17.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 461 | 100.0 |

## Independents
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Dustin "DC" Canter

## Results

Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Muriel Bowser | 171,608 | 76.4 |
| | DC Statehood Green | Ann Wilcox | 20,950 | 9.3 |
| | Independent | Dustin Canter | 15,478 | 6.9 |
| | Libertarian | Martin Moulton | 7,569 | 3.4 |
| | n/a | Write-ins | 9,053 | 4.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 224,658 | 100 |