WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the nation’s capital are electing their first new mayor in 12 years, and a self-described democratic socialist is heavily favored to win.
Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. council member who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is facing DC Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and 11 write-in candidates. Republicans in heavily Democratic Washington did not field a mayoral candidate.
Lewis George far outpaced six rivals, including former council member Kenyan McDuffie, to win her party’s primary, capturing 54% of the vote…