2016 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

On November 8, 2016, the District of Columbia held a U.S. House of Representatives election for its shadow representative. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Franklin Garcia won reelection unopposed.

2016 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

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Turnout	65.3% 26.9 pp[1]
Nominee Franklin Garcia Party Democratic Popular vote 252,992 Percentage 97.3%
Ward results Precinct results Garcia:      >90%
Representative before election Franklin Garcia Democratic Elected Representative Franklin Garcia Democratic

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 14, 2016, concurrent with the presidential primary.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Franklin Garcia, incumbent Shadow Representative (since 2015)

Results

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Democratic primary election, 2018^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin Garcia (incumbent)	75,186	96.4
	Democratic	Write-ins	2,800	3.6
Total votes			77,986	100.0
	n/a	Overvotes	11
	n/a	Undervotes	20,291

Other primaries

The Republican and D.C. Statehood Green parties held primaries, but no candidates declared and the contests saw only write-in votes.^[2]

General election

The general election took place on November 8, 2016. Garcia was the only candidate on the ballot and won reelection to a second term.

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Franklin Garcia (incumbent)	197,299	96.9	+19.7
	Write-in		6,238	3.1
Total votes			203,537	100.0%
	n/a	Overvotes	73
	n/a	Undervotes	51,066