Unofficial election night results from the D.C. Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George (D) with 84% of first-choice votes for mayor, and Initiative Measure No. 86, which would ban the sale of foie gras produced through force-feeding, with 73% voting Yes. The numbers come from the Board’s election night unofficial results, last updated at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. For ranked-choice contests, the Board notes that first-rank results only report each voter’s marking in the first rank column and do not indicate the leader. Round-by-round results will be available Nov. 4.
Mayor and Delegate (First-Choice Votes)
For mayor, Lewis George (D) has 126,932 first-choice votes, or 84%. Rhonda Hamilton (independent) has 15,510 (10.26%), and Robert L. Gross (D.C. Statehood Green) has 5,404 (3.58%). Write-ins have 3,259 (2.16%).
For delegate to the U.S. House, Robert White (D) has 132,966 first-choice votes (87.29%), Denise Rosado (R) has 9,907 (6.5%) and Kymone Freeman (Statehood Green) has 8,476 (5.56%). Write-ins have 972 (0.64%).
Initiative 86: Foie Gras Ban
Initiative Measure No. 86, the Prohibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act of 2026, leads with 97,432 Yes votes (73%) to 36,036 No votes (27%). It would prohibit the force-feeding of birds and ban the sale of foie gras produced that way, according to WJLA and NBC Washington.
Council, Attorney General and Other Races
In the at-large council race, which uses ranked-choice voting, first-choice votes are Oye Owolewa (D) 104,987 (68.95%), Elissa Silverman (independent) 32,257 (21.19%), Darrell Green (R) 9,214 (6.05%) and Darryl Moch (Statehood Green) 4,932 (3.24%). Write-ins have 868 (0.57%).
Phil Mendelson (D) leads the race for council chairman with 136,638 votes (92.73%), and Abi-Ananiah Prudent (R) has 8,994 (6.1%). In the attorney general race, Brian L. Schwalb (D) has 139,171 votes (92.3%) and Manuel Rivera (R) has 10,543 (6.99%).
In Ward 1, first-choice votes are Aparna Raj (D) 14,135 (85.93%). In Ward 5, Zachary Parker (D) has 89.95%. Matthew Frumin (D) has 96.19% in Ward 3, and Charles Allen (D) has 88.66% in Ward 6.
How Ranked-Choice Counting Works From Here
Initiative 83 brought ranked-choice voting to D.C., and Tuesday is its first use in a general election, according to FOX 5 DC and FairVote. See our explainer on D.C.’s ranked-choice ballot for how the count works.
What’s Next
Round-by-round results for ranked-choice contests are due Nov. 4. Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day are accepted if received by Nov. 13, according to WJLA. Results are unofficial until they are certified.
