Carol Schwartz
Carol Schwartz (b. January 20, 1944) was a 2014 Independent candidate for Mayor of Washington, D.C.. She was an at-large member of the Washington D.C. Council from 1984-1988 and 1996-2008. Schwartz previously ran for Mayor of Washington D.C. on four different occassions: 1986, 1994, 1998 and 2002. As a city council member and as a mayoral candidate, Schwartz was a Republican, though for her 2014 mayoral run she registered as an Independent [1][2]
Biography
Schwartz was born in Greenville, Mississippi. She obtained a B.A. in Elementary and Special Education from the University of Texas.[3]
Campaign themes
2014
On her campaign website, Schwartz provided position papers on the following issues:
Elections
2014
- See also: Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2014
Washington, D.C. held mayoral elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on April 1. Muriel Bowser defeated incumbent Vincent Gray, Carlos Allen, Christian A. Carter, Jack Evans, Michael Green, Reta Jo Lewis, Vincent Orange, Luis Poblete, Frank Sewell, Andy Shallal, Octavia Wells and Tommy Wells in the Democratic primary. Faith was unopposed in the D.C. Statehood Green Party primary, while Bruce Majors was unopposed in the Libertarian primary.
In the general election, Bowser defeated Faith, Majors, David Catania (I), Nestor Djonkam (I), and Carol Schwartz (I).[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Muriel Bowser |
54.5% | 96,666 | |
| Independent | Nestor Djonkam | 0.3% | 460 | |
| Independent | David Catania | 34.6% | 61,388 | |
| Green | Faith | 0.9% | 1,520 | |
| Independent | Carol Schwartz | 7% | 12,327 | |
| Libertarian | Bruce Majors | 0.7% | 1,297 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.9% | 1,612 | |
| Other | Under and Over Votes | 1.2% | 2,088 | |
| Total Votes | 177,358 | |||
| Source: Washington, D.C. Board of Elections - General Election Results | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Muriel Bowser |
43.4% | 42,045 | ||
| Vincent Gray Incumbent | 32.6% | 31,613 | ||
| Jack Evans | 5% | 4,877 | ||
| Andy Shallal | 3.3% | 3,196 | ||
| Reta Lewis | 0.5% | 490 | ||
| Vincent Orange | 2% | 1,946 | ||
| Carlos Allen | 0.1% | 120 | ||
| Tommy Wells | 12.8% | 12,393 | ||
| Write-in | 0.2% | 235 | ||
| Total Votes | 96,915 | |||
| Source: Washington D.C. Board of Elections |
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Media
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Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Carol + Schwartz + Washington, D.C."
See also
External links
- District of Columbia Board of Elections - Official primary candidate list
- Campaign website
- Social Media
Footnotes
- ↑ Campaign Website "About," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post "Carol Schwartz, former D.C. council member, launches independent mayoral campaign," June 9, 2014
- ↑ Carol for DC, "About," accessed September 24, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ Washington D.C. Board of Elections, "General Election Sample Ballot," accessed October 13, 2014
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