Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female Mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
Exciting end to 2024 for Mayor Bowser
What a great end of the year for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is entitled to celebrate a string of successes. First, she was able to announce violent crime in D.C.
had gone down by 35%. That included a 30% drop in homicides, a 22% drop in sex abuse crimes, a 27% drop in assaults with a deadly weapon, and a 39% drop in robberies.
Although we can agree any crime, is one too many, this is a really positive turn-around for the District. Then in a press release the mayor reported, “The U.S.
Census Bureau released new population data that shows the District of Columbia’s population grew by approximately 15,000 people from July 2023 to July 2024, bringing the city’s population to 702,250 residents.
