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At Meet the Press Roundtable, Journalists Recap Latest D.C. 选举
2024年6月11日
从左至右:丹尼斯·克拉克·巴恩斯, 汤姆·舍伍德, 迈克尔Brice-Saddler, 茱莉亚Karron, 米奇·赖尔斯
On June 6, days after the District’s Democratic primary elections, the D.C. 酒吧 gathered a group of area journalists to discuss recent developments in local politics at the 16th annual “与媒体见面”圆桌会议 hosted by the 酒吧’s District of Columbia Affairs Community.
社区委员会委员James S. Bubar, the panel discussion featured Mitch Ryals and 汤姆·舍伍德 of the 《靠谱的足球滚球平台》; 迈克尔Brice-Saddler of the 华盛顿邮报》我是播客的茱莉亚·卡伦 City Cast DC; and Denise Rolark 酒吧nes of 华盛顿线人.
瑞尔斯, 《靠谱的足球滚球平台》 managing editor, said the incumbent sweep in the recent races was expected. 在我心中, the only upset may have been in the shadow senator race between Eugene Kinlow and Ankit Jain. Kinlow在D领域有着相当广泛的历史.C. politics, working with [Mayor] Muriel Bowser for many years and on D.C. 建国计划, 而耆那教相对来说是新人, 所以他凭借知名度打败了那个人,雷亚尔斯说.
Brice-Saddler wondered whether the outcome was voters’ response to the question of whether D.C. Council had addressed appropriately the surge in violent crime in the city in 2023. “如果你看问题, specifically the crime and the public safety concerns that we had last year, the conventional wisdom might say that voters are going to look at the individuals who are in the office right now and say, maybe we want to go with someone different because our councilmembers are not responding to this issue in the way that we want. And we see that in some of the recall efforts that are taking place in races that were not on the ballot this year,他说.
“然而, 在任者如此轻松地赢得了所有席位, [so] it does make you think: Are our residents really blaming their councilmembers for crime? And that is an interesting dialogue in the context of the recall efforts that are going on,布莱斯-萨德勒补充道.
The panelists also discussed the closely watched Ward 7 primary election. 第7区是RFK体育场的所在地, and the election was effectively a referendum on the candidates’ differing visions for the stadium’s planned redevelopment, 说Karron, 临时执行制片人 City Cast DC.
Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commission chair Wendell Felder, who has promised to establish an RFK task force if elected and pursue the creation of an NFL stadium at the site if the community wants one, emerged as winner against Ebony Payne and Eboni-Rose Thompson, 谁反对建一个新体育场.
与此同时, Councilmember-at-Large Robert White handily won his reelection effort, setting the stage for a potential run for mayor next year.
“Robert White has been on the ballot five times in 10 years,” said 《靠谱的足球滚球平台》的舍伍德. “Sometime this time next year, he will announce his campaign for mayor in 2026. The question is whether someone like Kenyan McDuffie will come into that race.”
的出版商 华盛顿线人他对惨淡的投票率表示失望. “The city did not come out to vote … and it really disturbs me to see where D.C. 是领导, particularly as we have a presidential election looming over us and further threats to our democracy, 不仅仅是在国内, 尤其是在哥伦比亚特区,”她说。.
罗伯特·巴恩斯在8号病房指出了这一点, 例如, 一些6,000 new voters have been added to the rolls but only about 4,000人参加了投票. “So, 即使是那些新登记的选民, there was no real interest in participating in this primary,”她说。. “我醒来时心情很不好. Not that I opposed the incumbent — I can’t do that — but it was just the numbers.”
Downtown redevelopment plans also received a significant amount of discussion among the panelists. Karron said that at times she felt that her podcast, 哪个关注地方政治, 变成了商业房地产播客. “有数据估计D.C., of all the states — in that data point they call us a state — has the most conversions of anywhere. 它做得最快. So, 我认为问题是, are there incentives to add affordable housing if you try to convert some of these commercial units downtown?卡伦说.
Sherwood said there have been prior efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing units in the city. “I spoke to the administration about this,他说. “At one point the mayor was putting $500 million into affordable housing a year. She had to cut it back this year because of the budget.”
“A billion dollars-plus [later] that we put into affordable housing, 带我去看房子,舍伍德说.
