Meet Janeese
Lewis George will be focused on making DC safe, affordable, and creating a government that listens and delivers.
Janeese Lewis George is the DC Councilmember for Ward 4. The daughter of a union postal worker, she is a third-generation Washingtonian who was raised in Ward 4. She is a proud graduate of DC Public Schools (Cuno H. Rudolph Elementary School, Alice Deal Middle School, and School Without Walls) as well as Howard University School of Law. Starting in 2014, she served as the DC Assistant Attorney General in the Juvenile Section of the Public Safety Division under DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine. She was elected to DC Council in 2020.
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I fight for working families because I know firsthand what working people in DC are up against. As Councilmember, I’ve worked to save tenant protections and make housing more affordable because when I was a kid, my family had to leave my childhood home due to rising rent. I’ve strengthened worker protections because a good union job with a fair wage is what put dinner on the table for my family. I expanded Paid Family Leave because when my dad got sick, I took time off to care for him and everyone should be able to do that for the people we love.
As Councilmember, I’ve made a point to always choose the side of DC residents, workers, and families. I led legislation that raised wages for early childhood educators, created good jobs for construction and retail workers, ended the subminimum wage for restaurant workers, increased SNAP food assistance for families and seniors, and improved traffic safety around schools. As Assistant Attorney General, I fought to secure justice for victims of violent crime and built programs that put young people in DC back on the right track. As Mayor, I’ll always side with the people to make DC safe and affordable, and create a government that listens to and delivers for residents in all eight Wards. I understand the urgency of the moment and the power DC has to make life better for everyone.
