Washington, D.C.‘s restaurant industry trade group has waded into the district’s mayoral race, backing moderate councilman Kenyan McDuffie over socialist Janeese Lewis George.

The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, or RAMW, has been a staunch supporter of current Mayor Muriel Bowser throughout her tenure. Their backing of McDuffie, an ally of Bowser’s, continues the business group’s support for more centrist-leaning candidates, bucking Lewis George’s more leftist campaign, often compared to that of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.