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D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George waves to the crowd as she celebrates after winning D.C. Mayor primary election during an election night party at the Howard Theatre in Washington on June 16, 2026. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
Former D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie conceded the Democratic primary for mayor of the District of Columbia to D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist, on June 18.
McDuffie conceded on the morning of June 18, hours before The Associated Press called the race for Lewis George the same afternoon.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
