The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States federal district of Washington, D.C.:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a U.S. presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the district's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Independent (I), Republican (R), and Statehood Green (SG).
| Year |
Executive office |
City Council |
U.S. Congress |
Presidential electoral college votes |
| Mayor |
Attorney General |
Chair |
Composition |
U.S. House Delegate |
Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 1) |
Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 2) |
Shadow Representative |
1801
...
1870 |
[1] |
[2] |
| 1871 |
[3] |
Norton P. Chipman (R) |
[4] |
| 1872 |
| 1873 |
| 1874 |
1875
...
1963 |
[5] |
[6] |
| 1964 |
Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D)  Y |
| 1965 |
| 1966 |
| 1967 |
[7] |
| 1968 |
Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D)  N |
| 1969 |
| 1970 |
| 1971 |
Walter E. Fauntroy (D) |
| 1972 |
George McGovern and R. Sargent Shriver (D) N |
| 1973 |
| 1974 |
| 1975 |
Walter Washington (D) |
[8] |
Sterling Tucker (D) |
10D, 1R, 1SG |
| 1976 |
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Y |
| 1977 |
| 1978 |
| 1979 |
Marion Barry (D) |
Arrington Dixon (D) |
| 1980 |
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) N |
| 1981 |
| 1982 |
| 1983 |
David A. Clarke (D) |
| 1984 |
Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro (D) N |
| 1985 |
| 1986 |
| 1987 |
| 1988 |
Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen (D) N |
| 1989 |
10D, 1I, 1SG |
| 1990 |
| 1991 |
Sharon Pratt Kelly (D) |
John A. Wilson (D) |
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) |
Florence Pendleton (D) |
Jesse Jackson (D) |
Charles Moreland (D) |
| 1992 |
Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Y |
| 1993 |
David A. Clarke (D) |
| 1994 |
| 1995 |
Marion Barry (D) |
John Capozzi (D) |
| 1996 |
| 1997 |
10D, 1R, 1SG |
Paul Strauss (D) |
Sabrina Sojourner (D) |
| Linda W. Cropp (D) |
| 1998 |
9D, 2R, 1SG |
| 1999 |
Anthony A. Williams (D) |
10D, 2R |
Tom Bryant (D) |
| 2000 |
Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) N |
| 2001 |
Ray Brown (D) |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
| 2004 |
John Kerry and John Edwards (D) N |
| 10D, 1R, 1I |
| 2005 |
| 2006 |
| 2007 |
Adrian Fenty (D) |
Vincent C. Gray (D) |
Michael D. Brown (D) |
Mike Panetta (D) |
| 2008 |
Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) Y |
| 2009 |
10D, 2I |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
Vincent C. Gray (D) |
Kwame R. Brown (D) |
| 2012 |
Phil Mendelson (D)[9] |
| 2013 |
Nate Bennett-Fleming (D) |
| 2014 |
Michael D. Brown (I) |
| 2015 |
Muriel Bowser (D) |
Karl Racine (D) |
Franklin Garcia (D) |
| Year |
Mayor |
Attorney General |
Chair |
Composition |
U.S. House Delegate |
Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 1) |
Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 2) |
Shadow Representative |
Presidential electoral college votes |
| Executive office |
City Council |
U.S. Congress |
Notes
- ↑ The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 creates the District of Columbia; the cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria maintain their separate charters.
- ↑ First awarded electoral votes in 1964.
- ↑ The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is enacted by Congress, creating a single, unified government of the District of Columbia.
- ↑ Position of shadow senators and shadow representative first elected in November 1990.
- ↑ From 1874 to 1974, the District of Columbia was administered by a Board of Commissioners, whose members were appointed by the President
- ↑ Congress eliminated the position in 1874 and restored it in 1971.
- ↑ The commissioner form of government was replaced in 1967 by a mayor-commissioner and a nine-member city council appointed by the President.
- ↑ Attorney general popularly elected beginning in 2014, with the first elected attorney general taking office in 2015.
- ↑ Elected interim chair by Council while holding an at-large seat; subsequently elected in special election.
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