2006 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

On November 7, 2006, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor. It determined the successor to two-term mayor Anthony A. Williams, who did not run for re-election. The Democratic primary was held on September 12. The winner of both was Adrian Fenty, the representative for Ward 4 on the D.C. Council. He took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the sixth directly elected mayor since the establishment of home rule in the District, and — at 35 — the youngest elected mayor of a major American city in U.S. history.

2006 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

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Nominee Adrian Fenty David Kranich Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 98,740 6,744 Percentage 89.7% 6.1%

Results by ward Fenty:      80–90%      >90%

Mayor before election Anthony A. Williams Democratic Elected mayor Adrian Fenty Democratic

Democratic Party primary

Candidates

• Linda W. Cropp - DC Council Chair, Cropp was considered Fenty's rival as the frontrunner for the mayoral primary, although Fenty took a lead in the polls about two months before the election.
• Marie Johns
• Vincent Orange, Ward 5 Council Representative
• Michael A. Brown, who consistently had trailed the pack in polling data, dropped out of the race September 8, and announced he was throwing his support to Cropp.

Endorsements

• Fenty received the endorsements of, most notably, The Washington Post and former mayor Marion Barry.
• Cropp received the endorsement of, most notably, outgoing mayor Anthony A. Williams.
• Orange received the endorsement of, most notably, recently terminated Metrobus driver Sidney Davis, as highlighted in the August 21, 2006 article, "Soapbox on Wheels", in The Washington Post.
• Johns received the endorsement of, most notably, The Washington Times.

Results

Democratic Primary Results
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Adrian Fenty (winner)	60,732	57.20%
Linda Cropp	32,897	30.98%
Marie Johns	8,501	8.01%
Vincent Orange	3,075	2.90%
Michael A. Brown	650	0.61%
Artee (RT) Milligan	105	0.10%
Nestor Djonkam	73	0.07%
Write In, if any	145	0.14%
Total	106,178	100.00%
Source: D.C. Board of Elections

Republican Party primary

David W. Kranich ran in the Republican Party primary election. Albert Ceccone gathered signatures to run on the ballot as well, but after a challenge by Kranich, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics declared many of the signatures invalid.^[1] Consequently, Ceccone did not have enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, and only Kranich's name appeared as running for mayor on the Republican primary ballot.^[2] Kranich received 65% of the vote.^[3]

Statehood Green Party primary

Chris Otten ran unopposed for the Statehood Green party's primary election.^[4] Otten received 50% of the vote.^[3]

General election

Nominees

• Adrian Fenty - Democratic Party
• David Kranich - Republican Party
• Chris Otten - D.C. Statehood Green Party

Results

2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Adrian Fenty	98,740	89.73	+29.12
	Republican	David Kranich	6,744	6.13	−28.34
	DC Statehood Green	Chris Otten	4,554	4.14	+1.68
Majority			91,996	83.60
Turnout			110,038