Lewis George’s Small-Dollar Map Complicates Her Working-Class Pitch
Socialist Janeese Lewis George won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Washington, D.C., presenting her victory as one brought by and for the working class. But an analysis by the Washington Examiner found that many of her small donors are located in progressive enclaves.
TL;DR
- Janeese Lewis George, a socialist, won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Washington, D.C.
- She presented her victory as being for the working class.
- An analysis by the Washington Examiner found many of her small donors are in progressive enclaves.
- Lewis George won seven out of eight wards.
- Her campaign claims a record number of D.C. residents donated to a primary candidate.