2020 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

2020 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

November 3, 2020
Turnout	66.9 20.6pp
Nominee Oye Owolewa Joyce Robinson-Paul Sohaer Rizvi Syed Party Democratic DC Statehood Green Independent Popular vote 240,533 27,128 22,771 Percentage 81.6% 9.2% 7.7%
Owolewa:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Representative before election Franklin Garcia Democratic Elected Representative Oye Owolewa Democratic

On November 3, 2020, the District of Columbia held a U.S. House of Representatives election for its shadow representative. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated.

ANC Commissioner Oye Owolewa won the election to replace retiring three-term incumbent shadow representative Franklin Garcia.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Oye Owolewa, ANC commissioner for 8E and pharmacist

Declined

• Franklin Garcia, incumbent shadow representative and president of the DC Latino Leadership Council

Results

Owolewa received over 90% of the vote in every ward.

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Oye Owolewa	74,101	95.8%
	Democratic	Write-ins	3,260	4.2%
Total votes			77,361	100.0%

Republican primary

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Write-ins	479	100.0%
Total votes			479	100.0%

Statehood Green primary

Statehood Green primary results by ward:

  Robinson-Paul—80–90%

  Robinson-Paul—>90%

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Statehood Green primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DC Statehood Green	Joyce Robinson-Paul	405	89.0%
	DC Statehood Green	Write-ins	50	11.0%
Total votes			455	100.0%

Libertarian primary

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Libertarian primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Write-ins	49	100.0%
Total votes			49	100.0%

General election

The general election took place on November 3, 2020.

Candidates

• Oye Owolewa (Democratic)
• Sohaer Rizvi Syed (Independent)
• Joyce Robinson-Paul (D.C. Statehood Green)

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Oye Owolewa	240,533	81.60%
	DC Statehood Green	Joyce Robinson-Paul	27,128	9.20%
	Independent	Sohaer Rizvi Syed	22,771	7.72%
	Write-in		4,341	1.47%
Total votes			294,773	100.0%

External links

Official campaign websites

• Oye Owolewa (D) for Congress
• Sohaer Syed (I) for Congress