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“No one in the District of Columbia should lose electricity while we are still figuring out whether the bills they received were even properly justified in the first place,” said Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward …

Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and Gary Goodweather each addressed questions before an audience of community members and advocates.

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Today major trade unions in the region endorsed Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George. Watch the video.

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As D.C.’s most consequential election in years — the race for the open mayoral seat — kicks into higher gear, its top two candidates are revealing two very distinct flavors of campaigning.

D.C.’s mayoral race will decide who oversees the next transformation of the downtown cityscape, amid economic malaise and the Trump administration’s moves to sell off hulking, old buildings block by block.

Lewis George’s commitment to D.C. comes from her third-generation Washingtonian family, who raised her in Manor Park, a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant. Lewis George characterized her childhood neighborhood as a village.

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We believe Lewis George is the candidate most likely to advance our priorities of more housing, more affordable housing, fewer trips by car, and fairer land use practices in the District of Columbia.