2022 Council of the District of Columbia election
The 2022 Council of the District of Columbia election will be held on November 8, 2022. Elections will be held in four ward districts as well as for Chairperson of the council and two at-large seats. Chairperson. Incumbent Chairperson Phil Mendelson has announced he will run for a third full term. He is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Erin Palmer. At-large. Elections for two at-large seats are being held in 2022. The first seat may be won by anyone from any party but the second seat is  reserved for someone from the non-dominant party. The two incumbents up for reelection are Democrat Anita Bonds and independent Elissa Silverman. A Democratic primary election will be held to determine the single Democrat that will appear on the November general election ballot. Ward 3. Democratic primary. Incumbent Councilperson Mary Cheh initially signaled that she would run for reelection, but announced on February 11 that she was ending her campaign. At the time of her announcement, Cheh had only two opponents, Brown and Nemeth. Within hours, Cheh's former campaign treasurer, Matt Frumin announced his candidacy. In the following days , several more candidates announced bids for the now-open seat. Ward 5. Incumbent Councilperson Kenyan McDuffie announced in October 2021 that he would not be seeking election to the council. Instead, he opted to run to succeed retiring Karl Racine as Attorney General. In early 2022, it was reported that Zachary Parker led his opponents in fundraising, with much of his money coming from notable DC progressives. His closest opponent, Faith Gibson Hubbard, had donors that overlapped with previous donors to the more moderate Mayor Bowser.