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Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2010

Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2010
Washington, D.C.
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Candidate Vincent C. Gray
Party Democratic
Popular vote 97,978
Percentage 74.2%

District of Columbia mayoral election results by ward, 2010.svg
Results by ward:
  Gray—>90%
  Gray—80–90%
  Gray—70–80%
  Gray—60–70%
  Gray—50–60%

Mayor before election

Adrian Fenty
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Vincent C. Gray
Democratic


Adrian Fenty
Democratic

Vincent C. Gray
Democratic

The Washington, D.C. mayoral election of 2010 took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The primary elections occurred on September 14, 2010.Vincent Gray won the general election by a wide margin, although many voters wrote in incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty, whom Gray defeated in the primary.

Early polls showed incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty was not widely supported. On January 31, 2010, The Washington Post reported the results of a voter survey which showed that Fenty's job approval rating was at an all-time low of 42 percent. His support among African American voter support dropped to 29 percent from 68 percent, while his support among whites dropped to 57 percent from 78 percent. More than four in 10 voters doubted his honesty, empathy, and openness.

Despite this lack of support Adrian Fenty's 2010 mayoral campaign was able to raise a record amount of money. On July 31, 2009, prior to Vincent Gray entering the race, Fenty's campaign had already exceeded its 2006 primary fundraising total of $2.4 million. By August 2010, Fenty had raised $4.7 million and Gray had raised only $1.3 million, though later it would be revealed that the Gray campaign was also running a $668,800 shadow campaign financed by Jeffery Thompson.

Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray officially entered the mayoral race on March 30, 2010, after long anticipation and speculation about his entrance. Running on the slogan "One City. Leadership We Need", Gray proclaimed that "DC can do better" to a crowd gathered at the Reeves Center the day of his announcement. Some voters complimented Fenty for improvements in the District since he took office, while other voters criticized him for his aloof style. Some voters believed that as mayor, Gray would bring fiscal mismanagement and poor city services that existed in the early 1990s while he worked for the District government.

In his State of the District speech, Fenty noted improvements in students' test scores and a record-low homicide rate. Fenty also discussed the new psychiatric hospital at St. Elizabeths, new housing for homeless people, and a new recreation center in Deanwood. Fenty contrasted the improvements in the District under his administration with the high crime rate and low school test scores in the 1990s. Fenty also highlighted nearly a dozen new housing projects he facilitated that brought about 11,000 affordable apartments to the District. Finally, Fenty pointed to the new supermarkets and restaurants that have opened in Wards 7 and 8 during his administration.


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