WABJ in WTOP

WABJ in WTOP

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 Commission chair Greg Jaczko, and Trent Holbrook, who until recently worked for Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

At the mayoral debate, candidates included D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, former council members Vincent Orange and Kenyan McDuffie, federal contractor Reni Sampath, and real estate developer Gary Goodweather.


Read the full story on WTOP News here.

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Founded in 1975, the Washington Association of Black Journalists is an organization of Black journalists, journalism professors, public relations professionals and student journalists in the D.C., metro area. WABJ provides members with ongoing professional education opportunities and advocates for greater diversification of the profession