1974 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

None January 2025 September 2023 District of Columbia presidential no 1978 Washington, D.C., mayoral election 1978 November 5, 1974 File:Walterwashington (1).jpg Walter Washington District of Columbia Democratic State Committee 84,676 80.50% File:3x4.svg 150x150px Sam Harris Independent politician 7,514 7.14% Jackson R. Champion File:3x4.svg Republican Party (United States) 3,703 3.52% Mayor Walter Washington(as Mayor-Commissioner) District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Walter Washington District of Columbia Democratic State Committee 235px File:DC 1974 Mayorial Election By Ward.svg Results by ward Washington #584CDE 70-80% #3933E5 80-90% Washington, D.C., held its first direct election for its mayor on November 5, 1974. It followed the passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act by the U.S. Congress in 1973. The election was won by Walter Washington, a Democrat. Washington won the Democratic nomination in a seven-candidate primary election in which his most significant opponent was Clifford Alexander Jr. Democratic primary As with every mayoral election that followed, the 1974 race was at its most intense in the Democratic primary, with 90 percent of DC's voters registered as Democrats.Harry S. Jaffe and Tom Sherwood. Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington D.C. Simon & Schuster, 1994, p.62 The primary contest was a seven-person race, but the highest-profile candidates were Walter Washington (the incumbent, being the city's presidentially appointed mayor-commissioner), and Clifford Alexander Jr. (the former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). Washington was by far the favorite at the start of the campaign in May 1974, but tightened as the September primary drew closer. Washington won the September 10 primary, 53%-47%.Jay Matthews City's 1st Mayoral Race, as Innocent as Young Love October 11, 1999 Washington Post A1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/2000/mayor101199.htm General election 1974 Washington, D.C. mayoral election resultshttps://archive.org/details/americavotes11elec/page/356 Page 359 District of Columbia Democratic State Committee Walter Washington 84,676 80.50 Independent politician Sam Harris 7,514 7.14 District of Columbia Republican Party Jackson R. Champion 3,703 3.52 Independent politician Raymond V. Ellis 2,985 2.84 Write in 2,843 2.70 Socialist Workers Party of the District of Columbia Nan Bailey 2,143 2.04 Independent politician Tommye Lynn Grant 1,319 1.25 77,162 73.36 105,183 References 1974 Washington Mayoral Washington, D.C.