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Muriel Bowser wins the mayoral race by nearly 20 percent over David Catania. [LL, AP, Post, WAMU, DCist]
Bowser’s speech focuses on urgency. [LL]
Voters approve marijuana legalization even as advocates strike a cautious tone. [City Desk, Times, Post, WAMU, DCist]
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says she’ll defend pot initiative from Congress. [City Desk]
Elissa Silverman is your newest at-large councilmember. [LL, Post]
Catania asks supporters to help Bowser succeed in his concession speech; finds some takers. [LL]
Single-digit vote totals can’t stop Carol Schwartz from boogeying. [LL, LL]
More on Election Day. [LL, LL, LL, LL]
Deputy mayor pushes back on Courtland Milloy‘s descriptions of New Communities. [Post]
Post ed board cheers Bowser’s election. [Post]
Inmate who had his conviction overturned sues the District. [Post]
Even this dog likes Initiative 71. [City Desk]
Conveniently for politicians on the ballot, D.C. United stadium report doesn’t appear until the day after Election Day. [Deadspin]
Marion Barry says his talking about a rump-kicking for Catania is just how people talk in Ward 8. [LL]
Roast of the mayoral candidates should itself be set ablaze. [LL]
Ward 4 operatives started eying Bowser’s Council seat before she even won. [LL]
Photo by Darrow Montgomery