The last full day of campaigning for District political hopefuls had the candidates for mayor and D.C. Council chair moving from ward to ward, canvassing for undecided voters and strategizing the massive get-out-the-vote effort.
In the mayor’s race, D.C. Council Chair Linda Cropp crisscrossed the city, knocking on doors and visiting Metro stations in wards 6, 3, 7 and 8, according to her campaign. Mayor Anthony Williams joined her briefly in the morning for neighborhood canvassing, while the chairman also spent an hour with union supporters for a get-out-the-vote strategy session.
For race front-runner Adrian Fenty, the Ward 4 D.C. Council member, Monday was same-old same-old — visiting senior centers and knocking on voters’ doors one by one, said Alec Evans, Fenty’s campaign manager. Fenty was slated to start election day at 6 a.m. with a rally for his precinct captains. The polls open at 7 a.m.
Former Verizon executive Marie Johns’ schedule was just as busy Monday, with neighborhood walks, a “Ward 1 wave,” meet and greets, and lunch at the United House of Prayer.
In the race to replace Cropp as D.C. Council chair, Ward 7 Council Member Vincent Gray and Ward 3 Council Member Kathy Patterson were busy shoring up support and plotting their election day plans.
“It’s more about strategy and getting out the vote today,” said Lisa Bass, Gray’s campaign spokeswoman. “We did the swing through the wards Saturday.”
Patterson, meanwhile, was busy meeting voters, from her breakfast at the Mocha Hut to a nighttime bar crawl during the Redskins game.
