# 2014 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

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On November 4, 2014, the District of Columbia held a U.S. House of Representatives election for its shadow representative. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Nate Bennett-Fleming did not run for reelection and Franklin Garcia was elected in his place. The election was held concurrently with a mayoral election.

## Primary elections

Primary elections were held on April 1, 2014.

### Democratic primary
#### Candidates

* Franklin Garcia, community activist

#### Results

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Democratic primary election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Franklin Garcia | 57,946 | 97.4 |
| | Democratic | Write-ins | 2,183 | 3.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 60,129 | 100.0 |

### Libertarian primary
#### Candidates

* Martin Moulton, school choice activist

#### Results

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Democratic primary election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Martin Moulton | 30 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 60,129 | 100.0 |

### Other primaries

The Republican and Statehood Green parties held primaries, but no candidates declared and the contests saw only write-in votes.

## General election

The general election took place on November 8, 2016. Garcia was the only candidate on the ballot and won reelection to a second term.

### Results

General election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Franklin Garcia | 114,073 | 77.6 | −10.4 |
| | DC Statehood Green | Joyce Robinson-Paul | 19,982 | 13.6 | +0.7 |
| | Libertarian | Martin Moulton | 11,002 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| | n/a | Write-ins | 1,931 | 1.3 | − |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 146,988 | 100.0% |
| | n/a | Overvotes | 64 | | |
| | n/a | Undervotes | 30,306 | | |