On November 7, 2006,Washington, D.C., held anelection for its mayor. It determined the successor to two-term mayorAnthony A. Williams, who did not run for re-election. The Democratic primary was held on September 12. The winner of both wasAdrian Fenty, the representative for Ward 4 on theD.C. Council. He took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the sixth directly elected mayor since the establishment ofhome rule in the District.
Linda W. Cropp - DC Council Chair, Cropp was considered Fenty's rival as the frontrunner for the mayoral primary, although Fenty took a lead in the polls about two months before the election.
Michael A. Brown, who consistently had trailed the pack in polling data, dropped out of the race September 8, and announced he was throwing his support to Cropp.
Cropp received the endorsement of, most notably, outgoing mayorAnthony A. Williams.
Orange received the endorsement of, most notably, recently terminatedMetrobus driver Sidney Davis, as highlighted in the August 21, 2006 article, "Soapbox on Wheels", inThe Washington Post.
David W. Kranich ran in the Republican Party primary election. Albert Ceccone gathered signatures to run on the ballot as well, but after a challenge by Kranich, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics declared many of the signatures invalid.[1] Consequently, Ceccone did not have enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, and only Kranich's name appeared as running for mayor on the Republican primary ballot.[2] Kranich received 65% of the vote.[3]
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