D.C. Wire Archive: 2008 Presidential Race
Gray, Obama meet at Mystics game
It wasn't the lunch date at Ben's Chili Bowl that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) enjoyed, but D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray got a chance Sunday to make small talk with President Obama.
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Tim Craig
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August 2, 2010; 11:22 AM ET |
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D.C. "Most Democratic Spot in Nation"
Washington Post Polling Analyst Jennifer Agiesta posted the following entry on DC Wire's sister blog, Behind the Numbers. If you didn't catch it, you can read it below. It shows that President Obama remains wildly popular in the District, a city he carried with 93 percent of the vote in...
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Tim Craig
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February 1, 2010; 8:32 PM ET |
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A Vote for Obama
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will oversee history today as the District casts its vote for the nation's first African American president. Fenty presides over the District's 12th Electoral College today. Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser, Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Jerry S. Cooper will cast the District's vote for...
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Marcia Davis
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December 15, 2008; 6:56 AM ET |
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Grass-Roots Leaders, Obama Advisers Gather in D.C.
More than 2,500 grass-roots activists from across the country held a spirited meeting this afternoon with President-elect Barack Obama advisers Valerie Jarrett and Melody Barnes. Billed as "Realizing the Promise," a forum meant to set a "people's agenda," was more a rally than a pragmatic discussion about community organizers and...
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Marcia Davis
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December 4, 2008; 4:28 PM ET |
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D.C. for Obama: "One Last Election to Win"
D.C. for Obama, a grassroots organization, helped get-out-the-vote in the District, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other places. Now, organizers Gregory Jackson and Howard Park have sent an email asking members to put in one final push--to help support challenger Jim Martin (D) in his bid to unseat Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss...
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David A Nakamura
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November 25, 2008; 11:45 AM ET |
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Norton's Office Stops Taking Names for Inaugural Tickets
It's already gotten to be too much for the Office of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Folks on the Hill have been hit with thousands and thousands of calls about tickets for the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama, which promises to be one of the largest, if not the largest in...
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Marcia Davis
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November 10, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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