2018 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

On November 6, 2018, 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.

2018 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

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Turnout	46.3% 29.0 pp[1]
Nominee Franklin Garcia Party Democratic Popular vote 197,299 Percentage 96.9%
Ward results Precinct results Garcia:      80–90%      >90%
Representative before election Franklin Garcia Democratic Elected Representative Franklin Garcia Democratic

Primary elections

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)	62,424	97.4
	Democratic	Write-ins	1,637	2.6
Total votes			64,061	100.0

Other primaries

The Republican, Libertarian, and D.C. Statehood Green parties all held primaries, but no candidates declared.

Other candidates

Independent write-in candidate Erik Metzroth was the only opposition to Franklin Garcia. Metzroth campaigned alleging that Garcia had done too little to advance the cause of DC statehood. Metzroth also criticized local media for not reporting on his campaign.^[3][4] The final number of write-in votes cast for Metzroth was unreported.

Write-in

• Erik Metzroth (not recognized as candidate by Board of Elections)

General election

The general election took place on November 6, 2018. Garcia was the only candidate on the ballot and won reelection to a third term.

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin Garcia (incumbent)	197,299	96.9
	Write-in		6,238	3.1
Total votes			203,537	100.0%