WASHINGTON (AP) — Conventional wisdom dictates that David Catania is an underdog in the race for mayor of Washington. He is white, a former Republican and openly gay in a city that has only elected African-American Democrats to its top local office.

But Catania, who has never lost an election in the District of Columbia, doesn’t see his matchup with Democratic nominee Muriel Bowser that way.

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