There was a DC primary election yesterday. There was no Ward 5 race on the ballot, but there was a competitive race for DC Council in Ward 4 (along with competitive races in Wards 2, 7, and 8). With 100 percent of precincts reporting, unofficial results as of early Wednesday morning show Ward 4 council candidate Janeese Lewis George leading incumbent Brandon Todd by over 1500 votes, 54.14% to 43.62%, for the Democratic nomination. So far, Brandon Todd is carrying the precincts covering Lamond-Riggs by not large margins–357 to 325 votes in Precinct 64 (Lamond and a tiny part of Takoma) and 469 to 328 votes in Precinct 65 (Riggs Park). Ballots postmarked by June 2, 2020, and received by the Board by June 912, 2020, will be counted, so the tally will change as ballots trickle in over the next week. Update: Brandon Todd conceded on June 4, 2020.

At-Large Councilmember Robert White (D) is seeking reelection and won the uncontested Democratic nomination.

DC officials made a big push to get people to vote by mail and closed the majority of precincts. Only problem is that many people did not receive the ballots they requested by mail. Because these residents were waiting to receive their mail-in ballots, they did not vote during the early voting period. When they never received their ballots, they ended up having to vote in person at one of roughly 20 voting centers on Election Day, waiting in line for up to 5 hours according to some reports.

It is too early to know what the process will be for the November general election, but hopefuly it will not be a disaster. For that election, it looks like there will be a very competitive At-Large council race.