1986 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

None January 2025 September 2023 District of Columbia presidential no 1982 Washington, D.C., mayoral election 1982 1990 Washington, D.C., mayoral election 1990 November 6, 1986 File:Marion Barry, 1996 in Washington, D.C (1).jpg 150x150px Marion Barry District of Columbia Democratic State Committee 79,142 61.37% File:06.CapitalPrideParade.WDC.7June1998 (24674315520) (cropped).jpg Carol Schwartz District of Columbia Republican Party 42,354 32.84% Mayor Marion Barry District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Marion Barry District of Columbia Democratic State Committee 235px File:DC 1986 Mayorial Election By Ward.svg Results by ward Barry: #6674de 60–70% #3933e5 80–90% Schwartz: #E27F7F 50–60% #C21B18 80–90% On November 6, 1986, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor, with Democratic candidate and incumbent mayor Marion Barry defeating Republican candidate Carol Schwartz. Incumbent Marion Barry sought a third term as mayor in 1986. By this time, his dominance of city politics was so absolute that he faced only token opposition in the Democratic primary in the form of former school board member Mattie Taylor, whom Barry dispatched rather easily. Barry had expected to face Jesse Jackson, who had been encouraged by colleagues to seek the mayoralty, and who had been relatively popular in stark contrast to Barry's declining reputation. Barry, who knew that most of Jackson's income came from delivering speeches, used his political clout to arbitrarily disqualify Jackson by getting a law passed that said anyone who made more than a certain amount in honoraria was ineligible to run for D.C. office. Council members jokingly called this the "Jesse Jackson law," as it was legislated expressly to keep Jackson out of the mayoral race. As expected, he defeated Republican city councilwoman Carol Schwartz fairly handily in the November 4 general election. However, Schwartz won 33 percent of the vote—the first time a Republican had crossed the 30-percent barrier in a general election.Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C. Jaffe Harry S. Tom Sherwood 1994 Simon & Schuster 0-671-76846-8 registration https://archive.org/details/dreamcityracepow00jaff http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=52604 Our Campaigns - DC Mayor Race - Nov 04, 1986 For the third time, Barry received the endorsement of The Washington Post but "with far greater reservations and misgivings" than at any time in the past.Marion Barry for Mayor The Washington Post November 2, 1986 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/dc/barry/86endors.htm 2010-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017172141/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/dc/barry/86endors.htm 2015-10-17 Party primaries Democratic primary District of Columbia Democratic primary election, 1986http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=429134 DC Democratic Primary 1986 Our Campaigns February 7, 2016 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Marion Barry 52,742 70.6 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Mattie Taylor 14,588 19.53 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Calvin H. Gurley 4,747 6.35 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Write-in 2,634 3.52 74,711 100 DC Statehood primary District of Columbia Statehood primary election, 1986http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=390464 DC Statehood Green Primary 1986 Our Campaigns February 7, 2016 D.C. Statehood Party Josephine D. Butler 245 47.39 D.C. Statehood Party Alvin C. Frost 111 21.47 D.C. Statehood Party Dennis S. Sobin 73 14.12 D.C. Statehood Party Marion Barry 51 9.87 D.C. Statehood Party Write-in 37 7.15 517 100 General election District of Columbia mayoral election, 1986http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=52604 DC Mayor Election – 1990 Our Campaigns February 7, 2016 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Marion Barry (incumbent) 79,142 61.37 District of Columbia Republican Party Carol Schwartz 42,354 32.84 Independent politician Brian P. Moore 3,518 2.73 D.C. Statehood Party Josephine D. Butler 2,204 1.71 Independent politician Garry Davis 585 0.46 Socialist Workers Party of the District of Columbia Deborah A. Lazar 469 0.36   Write-in 684 0.53 128,956 100 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee See also Electoral history of Marion Barry References 30em Mayoral Washington, D.C. 1986 Washington, D.C.