2024 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

2024 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

November 5, 2024

Nominee Oye Owolewa Ciprian Ivanof Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 263,387 24,714 Percentage 91.4% 8.6%

Representative before election Oye Owolewa Democratic Elected Representative Oye Owolewa Democratic

The 2024 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect a shadow member to the United States House of Representatives to represent the District of Columbia. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Oye Owolewa is running for a third term.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Shadow Representative Oye Owolewa faced a primary challenge from Linda Gray, the vice chairwoman of the Washington D.C. Democratic Party, who was his opponent in 2022. He defeated her by a margin of 16%.

Nominee

• Oye Owolewa, incumbent Shadow Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Linda Gray, Vice Chair of the DC Democratic Party and candidate for this seat in 2022

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Oye Owolewa (incumbent)	43,653	58.3
	Democratic	Linda L. Gray	31,185	41.7
Total votes			74,838	100

Republican primary

The sole candidate to file for the Republican nomination was attorney Ciprian Ivanof.

Nominee

• Ciprian Ivanof, attorney