FEP Post Election Report 2025

D.C. Law 22-94, the "Fair Elections Amendment Act of 2018" (the "Fair Elections Act"), effective May 5, 2018, and applicable November 7, 2018, establishes the Fair Elections Program in the Office of Campaign Finance (the OCF or the Agency). As codified in D.C. Official Code § 1-1163.32j (a), the Director of Campaign Finance is required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Council no later than 9 months after the end of each election cycle which addresses the administration of the Program, and must include the names of the participating and non-participating candidates, the payments made from the fund, the list of qualified small dollar contributions received by participating and non-participating candidates, the list by participating candidate of expenditures made, funds remitted, and personal funds contributed by the participating candidate or the candidate's immediate family, and a review and evaluation of the Program on District elections and campaigns, and of national best practices relating to public financing programs, with recommendations for changes. The Fair Elections Act does not apply to candidates for the Office of Member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

The District of Columbia Board of Elections (the Board) conducted the July 15, 2025, Special Election to fill the unexpired term of the Office of Council Ward 8 Member Seat. The OCF 2025 Post-Election Report will discuss the operation of the Fair Elections Program during the 2025 Special Election Cycle.

The Data presented in the Report is based on information reported in the Reports of Receipts and Expenditures filed with the Office of Campaign Finance covering the start of the campaigns of the Candidates referenced herein through November 30, 2025, which incorporates the August 10th, 2025 Report of Receipts and Expenditures, the last financial report to include in its coverage period receipts collected thru the July 15, 2025 General Election, which may have qualified for matching payments.