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Turnout | 33.2% 29.3 pp [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Strauss: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% No votes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in the District of Columbia |
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The 2014 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a shadow member to the United States Senate to represent the District of Columbia. The member was only recognized by the District of Columbia and not officially sworn or seated by the United States Senate. Incumbent Paul Strauss won his closest primary challenge against businessman Pete Ross and was easily elected to a fourth term.
Party primaries took place on April 1, 2014.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Strauss | 41,292 | 59.02 | |
Democratic | Pete Ross | 26,809 | 38.32 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 1,863 | 2.66 | |
Total votes | 60,129 | 100.0 |
D.C. Statehood Green candidate David Schwartzman and Libertarian candidate John Daniel were unopposed in their party primaries. A Republican primary was held with no candidates. [3]
The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul Strauss (Incumbent) | 116,901 | 76.41 | -4.41 | |
DC Statehood Green | David Schwartzman | 15,710 | 10.27 | +2.84 | |
Independent | Glenda Richmond | 10,702 | 6.99 | +6.99 | |
Libertarian | John Daniel | 7,826 | 5.11 | +2.51 | |
Write-in | 1,864 | 1.22 | +0.27 | ||
Total votes | 153,003 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
n/a | Overvotes | 86 | |||
n/a | Undervotes | 24,269 |