| Country: | District of Columbia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 District of Columbia elections |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2022 District of Columbia elections |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Turnout: | 66.90%[1] |
On November 3, 2020, the District of Columbia held elections for several local and federal government offices. Its primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.[2]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race voters elected one of its two shadow senators, its nonvoting member of the House of Representatives and 6 of 13 seats on the council. There is also one ballot measure which was voted on.[3]
See main article: 2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia.
See also: 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary and 2020 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary. Washington, D.C., has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College. The district has leaned heavily Democratic in each presidential election since 1964, the first one in which its population was able to vote.
See main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia. Eleanor Holmes Norton ran for re-election as a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.[4]
See main article: 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia. Incumbent Paul Strauss was re-elected to a sixth term as a shadow senator.
See main article: 2020 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia. Incumbent Franklin Garcia declined to run for re-election. Democrat Oye Owolewa, independent Sohaer Syed, and Statehood Green Joyce Robinson-Paul competed for his open seat.
Initiative 81, titled the Entheogenic Plants and Fungus Policy Act of 2020, aims to decriminalize noncommercial cultivation, distribution and possession of psychedelic plants, including psilocybin mushrooms, iboga, cacti containing mescaline, and ayahuasca.[5]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | For Initiative 81 | Against Initiative 81 | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM3 Research/Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC[6] | August 16–24, 2020 | 620 (LV) | ± 4% | 60% | 24% | 16% | |
| FM3 Research/Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC | March – April, 2020 | – (V) | – | 51% | 27% | 22% |
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