PHOTOS: DC voters select mayoral, delegate and council nominees

By WTOP Staff
June 17, 2026 | 10:30 AM

D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George speaks to the crowd after winning D.C. Mayor primary election during an election night party at the Howard Theatre Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

D.C. Council members Janeese Lewis George wave to the crowd as she celebrates after winning D.C. Mayor Democratic primary election during the Election Night Party at the Howard Theatre Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supporters celebrate after D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George won the D.C. Mayor primary election during an election night party at the Howard Theatre, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

A person drops her ballot in a drop box at a polling place at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library during the D.C. primary elections on June 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Campaign signs are seen at a polling place at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library during the D.C. primary elections on June 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

D.C. Council member Robert White Jr., greets supporters as he arrives to cast his vote during the D.C. primary election at Shepard Park Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

People cast their vote during the D.C. primary election at Shepard Park Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

People arrive to their polling station during the D.C. primary election at Shepherd Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser greets supporters as she arrives to cast her vote during the D.C. primary election at Shepherd Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser greets supporters as she arrives to cast her vote during the D.C. primary election at Shepard Park Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

District of Columbia mayoral candidate Kenyan McDuffie fills out his ranked choice ballot during the D.C. primary election, Tuesday, June 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Gary Fields)

District of Columbia mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George poses with a Free DC flag while canvassing in a Washington, neighborhood, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Brown)

People arrive to their polling station during D.C. primary election at Shepherd Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) — People arrive to their polling station during D.C. primary election at Shepard Park Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

D.C. Council member Robert White Jr., uses an electronic voting machine to cast his vote during the D.C. primary election at Shepherd Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) — D.C. Council member Robert White Jr., uses an electronic voting machine to cast his vote during the D.C. primary election at Shepard Park Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Voting is a family affair. D.C. Council member Robert White Jr. approaches voting booth with his young daughters Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington.

Campaign teams outside polling place at Shepherd Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington.

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Follow WTOP’s team coverage of the D.C. primary and Election 2026 online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the WTOP News app. WTOP will have live election results as they come in.

D.C. voters cast their ballots Tuesday in a primary that will result in the election of a new mayor and new D.C. delegate to the U.S. House in November, a political sea change decades in the making.

Mayor Muriel Bowser did not run for a fourth term in office, and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is stepping down at the end of her 18th term.

Other candidates on the primary ballot were competing in races for the D.C. Council and attorney general.

Here are some of the Election Day scenes:

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