The Capital Stonewall Democrats, D.C.’s largest local LGBTQ political group, has announced it has endorsed all but one of the Democratic candidates on the Nov. 5 D.C. election ballot.
Among those the group says it has endorsed wholeheartedly are Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her vice-presidential running mate, Tim Walz.
The one D.C. Democratic candidate it chose not to endorse is Ward 8 D.C. Council member Trayon White, who was indicted earlier this year on federal bribery charges.
“The membership declined to vote on the Ward 8 Council seat until the investigation and trial of the Democratic candidate is concluded,” the group said in an Oct. 9 statement announcing its endorsements.
In its endorsements for the two At-Large D.C. Council seats up for election this year, Capital Stonewall Democrats broke from its tradition of endorsing only Democratic candidates. In addition to endorsing incumbent At Large Council member Robert White (D), the group also endorsed independent At Large Council member Christina Henderson. Both Henderson and Robert White are longtime LGBTQ rights supporters.
Among the other Democratic candidates endorsed by Capital Stonewall Democrats include D.C. Congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto; Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George; and Ward 7 D.C. Council candidate Wendell Felder. Felder is running for the seat being vacated by incumbent Council member and former D.C. mayor Vincent Gray (D), who is not running for re-election.
Pinto and Lewis George are running unopposed.
The remaining Democratic candidates endorsed by Capital Stonewall Democrats include D.C. Shadow U.S. Senate candidate Ankit Jain and D.C. Shadow U.S. House candidate Oye Owolewa.
The“shadow” U.S. Senate and House seats are unpaid positions with no voting rights or privileges in Congress. They were created to lobby for D.C. statehood and other issues of importance to D.C. that come before Congress.
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