The contest for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council has generated intrigue ahead of November, thanks in part to a last-minute bid from Kenyan R. McDuffie.
and Fred Hill, who ran for the Ward 8 council seat in 2020 — as well as Republican Giuseppe Niosi and D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate David Schwartzman.
In his bid for attorney general, McDuffie opted into the District’s public financing program, which caps individual donations while matching donations from city residents 5 to 1 with taxpayer funds. But by law, he could not qualify for public financing again for his at-large run, meaning his donors can contribute up to $1,000. That’s helped McDuffie raise about $252,000 since early July, according to campaign finance reports from Wednesday.
Silverman, who launched her reelection campaign in the spring, is using public financing and brought in about $20,463 from D.C. residents since June 11; she has about $152,600 in cash on hand. Bonds also opted into public financing and has about $175,000 in her war chest, according to the latest report.Other at-large candidates are likewise using public financing. Niosi has more than $108,000 in the bank, according to Wednesday’s report, while McLaughlin has about $95,800.
But first, the measure will need to survive a legal challenge in the D.C. Court of Appeals. A group opposing Initiative 82 is challenging the Board of Elections’ decision to
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