Below is a list of The Washington Post Editorial Board’s endorsements for the D.C., Maryland and Virginia primary elections. Primaries in Maryland are June 26; early voting began June 14. Primaries in Virginia were June 12. Primaries in the District were June 19. The Editorial Board does not endorse in contests where a candidate is running unopposed.
The endorsements are generally in Democratic primaries, whose winners, owing to the overwhelming dominance of Democrats in the area, are all but assured of victory in November’s general election. The exception is Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, which is more closely divided between Democrats and Republicans.
This post has been updated.
The District
Mayor: Muriel E. Bowser
D.C. Council
- Chairman: Phil Mendelson
- At large: Marcus Goodwin
- Ward 1: Brianne K. Nadeau
- Ward 5: Kenyan R. McDuffie
- Ward 6: Charles Allen
Nonvoting representative to Congress: Eleanor Holmes Norton
Ballot Initiative 77 (on the tipped minimum wage): No
Maryland
Governor: Rushern L. Baker III
Montgomery County executive: David Blair
Montgomery County Council
- At large: Hans Riemer, Gabe Albornoz, Marilyn Balcombe and Evan Glass
- District 1: Andrew Friedson
- District 2: Craig Rice
- District 3: Sidney Katz
- District 4: Nancy Navarro
- District 5: Tom Hucker
Montgomery County School Board
- At large: Julie Reiley
- District 3: Patricia O’Neill
Prince George’s County executive: Angela D. Alsobrooks
Prince George’s County Council
- At large: Calvin Hawkins and Gerron S. Levi
- District 1: Craig A. Moe
- District 2: Candace Hollingsworth
- District 5: Jolene Ivey
- District 6: Derrick Leon Davis
- District 7: Rodney Colvin Streeter
- District 8: Monique Anderson-Walker
- District 9: Tamara Davis Brown
Prince George’s Board of Education
- District 2: Lupi Grady
- District 3: Pamela Boozer-Strother
- District 6: Carolyn Boston
- District 9: Sonya Williams
Virginia
Alexandria mayor: Justin Wilson
10th Congressional District: Jennifer T. Wexton