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The Washington Informer teamed up with the D.C. Democratic Party (DC Dems), the Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ), the Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce (GWBCC) and the Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) to host a debate for delegate and mayoral candidates in D.C. on May 2. The debate covered critical issues, including housing affordability and displacement, education outcomes and economic equity. Mayoral candidates debate how to balance growth with equity  The mayoral candidates included Councilman Vincent Orange, Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George, Gary Goodweather, Rini Sampath, and former at-large

The Washington Informer, in partnership with the DC Democratic State Committee (DC Dems), the Washington Association of Black Journalists, the Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Washington Urban League, hosted the DCision 2026 Delegate and Mayoral Debates at George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Watch the debate video recap on The Washington Informer.

The leading five Democratic candidates for D.C. mayor and congressional delegate faced off in back-to-back debates at George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium Saturday. If you closed your eyes and just listened, the two debates may have sounded like a rerun. Over 75 minutes, candidates at both forums repeatedly returned to the same core themes: public safety, home rule, affordability and President Donald Trump. At the delegate debate, D.C. Councilmembers Robert White and Brooke Pinto were joined by former Democratic National Committee finance chair Kinney Zalesne, former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory