November 5, 2002, General Election

See
the final general election vote count.

In the general election, all voters will vote for the District of Columbia Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives;
the Mayor, the Chairman of the City Council, two at-large members of the City Council; Ward members of the City Council for Wards
1, 3, 5, and 6; the President of the Board of Education; district members of the Board of
Education for District Three (Wards 5 and 6) and District Four (Wards 7
and 8); United States Senator and United States Representative
(Shadow Senator and Shadow Representative); and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. 

Advisory Referendum A, passed by the City
Council on July 2, 2002, would authorize the City Council to amend the Home Rule Charter to establish an
Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia. 

Initiative Measure No. 62, “Treatment
Instead of Jail for Certain Non-Violent Drug Offenders Initiative of
2002,” will be on the ballot in the general
election on November 5, 2002. The Initiative passed by 78 percent of the
vote, but was then challenged by Mayor Williams as being an inappropriate
subject for an initiative measure. 

• Corporation Counsel motion for a temporary restraining order and
  preliminary injunction to enjoin the District of Columbia Board of
  Elections and Ethics from certifying the results of the election, November
  13, 2002
• Board of Elections and Ethics opposition to Corporation Counsel’s
  motion, November 13,
  2002
• American Civil Liberties Union’s amicus curiae brief on
  behalf of the Board of Elections and Ethics, November
  13, 2002
• DC Campaign for Treatment, Intervenor’s motion in opposition to
  the motion of the Corporation Counsel, November
  13, 2002

Other on-line voters guides:

The Common Denominator and the DC League of Women Voters post
transcripts of candidates forums at http://www.thecommondenominator.com/081202_candidatesforums.html.
The League of Women Voter’s own voter guide is at http://www.dnet.org/My_State/State_home.dnet/DC.
GLAA’s ratings and questionaire are at http://www.glaa.org/archive/2002/election2002.shtml.
AARP’s candidate questionnaire is
at http://www.aarp.org/vg2002/dc.
The Washington Post has a links page for its coverage of the
mayoral race at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/dc/elections/mayor/.
The DC Employment Justice Center publishes the “Human Needs First”
voters guide at http://www.dcejc.org/election/index.htm. 

Click on a candidate’s name for his or her campaign materials. 

Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives

Mayor

Chairman of the Council

At-Large Member of the Council

Ward One Member of the Council

Ward Three Member of the Council

Ward Five Member of the Council

Ward Six Member of the Council

United States (Shadow) Senator

United States (Shadow) Representative

President of the Board of Education

District III Member of the Board of Education

District IV Member of the Board of Education

September 10, 2002, Primary Election

In the primary, voters in the Democratic, Republican, and
Statehood-Green parties elected candidates for the offices of Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; Mayor of the District of Columbia; Chairman of the Council;
At-Large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia; Ward 1, Ward 3,
Ward 5, and Ward 6 Members of the Council of the District of Columbia; and
U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative (popularly known as
the Shadow Senator and Shadow Representative).

Delegate to the US House of Representatives

Mayor

Chairman of the Council

At-Large Member of the Council

Ward 1 Councilmember

Ward 3 Councilmember

Ward 5 Councilmember

Ward 6 Councilmember

United States (Shadow) Senator

United States (Shadow) Representative