United States Representative (Shadow)
Unofficial result: Won — Franklin Garcia (Democratic)
Source: electionresults.dcboe.org
District of Columbia
My vote power: Average
What does this office do?
- Pressing Congress to make the District of Columbia a state
- Reporting to DC residents on how the push for statehood is going
- Advising the DC government on policies that affect statehood
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Civil Rights
Candidates:
Ciprian Ivanof
LostRepublican
Ciprian Ivanof is a Romanian-born attorney licensed in D.C. who served in the Army National Guard from 2008 to 2017. His priorities are fighting crime and pressing city leaders on schools, Metro and the budget, and he argues statehood would entrench mismanagement.
Democratic
Franklin Garcia served as D.C.'s shadow representative from 2015 to 2021, leads the DC Latino Leadership Council, and founded the TV shows DC Statehood Today and DCiReporter. His priorities are D.C. statehood with full voting representation in Congress and more Latino voices in city government.
Records: Civil Rights 2 for
Sources: dcboe.org23 · code.dccouncil.gov