WASHINGTON, D.C.

MAYOR: (OPEN) Longtime Mayor Marion Barry Jr. is not running for re-election in 1998.

Delegate: 1 Democrat, Eleanor Holmes Norton

7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET

1998 vacancies list

State Projected Voting Age Population: 422,000 (1996)
Registered Voters: 345,199 (9/98)

   Democrats:             268,361      78%

   Republicans:            24,726       7%

   D.C. Statehood Party:    4,013     1.2%

   Umoja Party:             1,165     0.3%

   Unaffiliated:           46,589    13.5%

   Other:                     345    0.09%

Total Number: 1

To Watch:
Initiative 59: Medical marijuana
"Would permit the legal possession and use of marijuana to aid in treatment of HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and other serious illnesses."

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ELECTORAL VOTES

3

Clinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Dukakis in 1988; Mondale in 1984; Carter in 1976; McGovern in 1972; Humphrey in 1968; Johnson in 1964.

LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1996

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:

Clinton	85%
Dole	9%
Perot	2%
Other	4%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:

Clinton	84.6%
Bush	9.1%
Perot	4.3%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:

Dukakis	82.6%
Bush	14.3%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:

Mondale	85.4%
Reagan	13.7%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:

Carter	74.8%
Reagan	13.4%
Anderson	9.3%

1992:

• President
• Other Issues

1996:

• President

Historical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960

Population: 543,000 (1996)
(% of voting age population)

White:	66.4%
Asian:
Native American:
Other/Undeclared:	2.2%

Persons of Hispanic origin account for 2% of the voting population (from 1990 Census)

When Pierre L'Enfant's design was laid out, Washington was meant to be a haven of logic and order, with straight, broad thoroughfares befitting the capital of a new democratic nation. Under federal control since its inception, the District wasn't granted suffrage until the 23rd Amendment in 1961, and didn't obtain self-rule until 1974. In recent years, a bloated government and flagrant mismanagement by Mayor Marion Barry Jr. led Congress to appoint a financial control board and more recently to hire a city manager, stripping the mayor of many of his duties. Washington once earned the dubious honor of being the murder capital of the United States, and it mimics the Third World with its two distinct societies: the affluence of the mostly white northwest and the equally extreme poverty of mostly black Anacostia. Barry's absence from the mayoral race has left the field wide open.

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Government:

Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's Home Page
http://www.dchomepage.net/dcmain/dc.html
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's Home Page
http://www.house.gov/norton/

District Newspapers:

The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
The Washington Times
http://www.washtimes.com

General Interest:

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
The House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
The Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html
Congressional Quarterly's American Voter
http://voter.cq.com/
Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch
http://pathfinder.com/CQ/
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/
Democratic National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/
Republican National Committee
http://www.rnc.org/
Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org
Policy.com
http://www.policy.com/