Democratic socialist breaks DC campaign filing system with massive fundraising haul

Published December 11, 2025 12:55pm ET



Washington, D.C., Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George played the political fundraising game so well in her mayoral campaign’s opening days that the district’s campaign finance system couldn’t handle it.

Given the “unprecedented size” of her initial fundraising filing, Lewis George’s campaign had to split up its filings because the campaign website couldn’t accept the large report. The councilwoman’s campaign said it spent “dozens of hours” manually uploading thousands of donor records because of the website’s error. It will later upload an amended report to include more donors.

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