1990 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

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1990 Washington, D.C., mayoral election
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Turnout26.8%
 
Nominee Sharon Pratt Dixon Maurice Turner
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 92,504 18,653
Percentage 86.1% 11.5%
Mayor before election

Marion Barry
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Sharon Pratt Dixon

Democratic

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    On November 6, 1990,

    Sharon Pratt Dixon
    defeating Republican Maurice Turner.

    Sharon Pratt Dixon announced at the 1988 Democratic National Convention that she would challenge incumbent mayor Marion Barry in the 1990 election. Pratt was the only candidate to have officially announced her plans to run for mayor when Barry was arrested on drug charges and dropped out of the race in early 1990. Shortly thereafter, the race was joined by longtime councilmembers John Ray, Charlene Drew Jarvis and David Clarke. Pratt criticized her three main opponents, referring to them as the "three blind mice" who "saw nothing, said nothing and did nothing as the city rapidly decayed." She was the only candidate who called on Barry to resign from office, and ran specifically as an outsider to his political machine with the campaign slogan of "Clean House."

    Following a series of televised debates during the last few weeks of the campaign, Pratt received the endorsement of

    a foregone conclusion
    .

    Democratic primary

    District of Columbia Democratic primary election, 1990[5]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Sharon Pratt Dixon
         		43,426 34.37
    Democratic John L. Ray 32,255 25.53
    Democratic Charlene Drew Jarvis 27,063 21.44
    Democratic David A. Clarke 13,768 10.9
    Democratic
    Walter E. Fauntroy
    		 9,261 7.33
    Democratic Write-in 555 0.43
    Total votes 126,348 100

    General election

    District of Columbia mayoral election, 1990[5]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic
    Sharon Pratt Dixon
         		140,011 86.12
    Republican Maurice Turner 18,653 11.47
    DC Statehood
    		 Alvin C. Frost 1,116 0.69
    Libertarian Nancy Lord 951 0.59
    Independent Mary E. Cox 640 0.39
    Independent Brian P. Moore 310 0.19
    Independent Bernell Brooks 292 0.18
    Independent Thomas B. Carter 186 0.11
    Socialist Workers Ike Nahem 177 0.11
    Independent Osie Thorpe 134 0.08
    Independent Faith Dane 110 0.07
    Total votes 162,580 100
    Democratic hold

    References

    1. ^ "Clean House-Dixon for Mayor". The Washington Post. August 30, 1990. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
    2. ^ Kurtz, Howard (September 13, 1990). "Post Plays Down Impact of Endorsement; Not Everyone Agrees". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
    3. ^ Ayres, B. Drummond Jr. (September 11, 1990). "Undecided Vote Makes Race in Capital Too Tight to Call". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
    4. ^ Ayres, B. Drummond Jr. (September 16, 1990). "In Insiders' City, Dixon Clings to Outsider Image". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2009. Sharon Pratt Dixon, who won the Democratic mayoral primary in Washington last week despite having the smallest campaign staff, the smallest campaign war chest and the lowest standing in the polls.
    5. ^
      ISBN 978-0871875587
      .
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