After 35 years, DC will not have an incumbant in the election for the DC Delegate. There are limitations to the powers of our delegate compared to the representatives from the states. DC’s Delegate in the US House of Representatives can sit on and vote in House Committees, they can introduce legislation, sponsor and co-sponsor legislation and offer amendments.  The delegate has the same power as other House of Representatives members to vote within committees and subcommittees.

However, the delegate cannot vote on the final passage of bills on the House floor, preside over the House, or sign discharge petitions.

Washington, DC has no representation in the Senate—meaning that district residents, who pay some of the highest rates of federal tax, have no say in federally appointed positions, such as the president's cabinet or those serving as US ambassadors to foreign countries. It also means Washington residents have no voice in the confirmation of judges to the federal bench, or in the confirmation process for justices to the US Supreme Court.

C4DC passed out questionnaires on Public Education to all of those registered on the DC Board of Elections page to run. We did not receive a reply from: Gordon Chafin, Trent Holbrook, Greg Jaczko, Robert Matthews, Vince Morris. Kinni Zalenze and Robert White participated in the forum which can be viewed here.