THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Spencer Neale) - Democratic Socialist Janeese Lewis George Wins DC Mayoral Primary
State of the Union: Mayor Muriel Bowser has been in office for nearly a dozen years. The post Democratic Socialist Janeese Lewis George Wins DC Mayoral Primary appeared first on The American Conservative .
A fierce critic of President Donald Trump is on track to become the next mayor of Washington, D.C. Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist who made resistance to Trump and his policies the core of her primary campaign to replace the current mayor, Muriel Bowser, bested a field of anti-Trump candidates in this week’s Democratic primary in the nation’s capital. g, Lewis George’s main opponent in the primary field conceded the race on Thursday while trailing by 16 percentage points. Bowser, who has governed D.C. for nearly a dozen years, announced last November that she would not seek a fourth term, framing the move as a natural moment to step back. “It was time for me to pass the baton on to the next set of…Open