2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia

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Turnout	59.9% 26.7pp[1][2]
Nominee Paul Strauss Eleanor Ory Cornelia Weiss Party Democratic DC Statehood Green Republican Popular vote 251,991 31,151 24,168 Percentage 81.2% 10.0% 7.8%
Ward results Precinct results Strauss:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Shadow Senator before election Paul Strauss Democratic Elected Shadow Senator Paul Strauss Democratic

Elections in the District of Columbia
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The 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia took place on November 3, 2020, to elect a shadow member to the United States Senate to represent the District of Columbia. The member was only recognized by the District of Columbia and not officially sworn or seated by the United States Senate. Paul Strauss won election to a fifth term with the largest percentage and number of votes in his career.

The party primaries took place on June 2, 2020. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic voting by mail was encouraged.^[3] Democrat Paul Strauss, the incumbent shadow senator, and D.C. Statehood Green candidate Eleanor Ory were unopposed in their party primaries. Cornelia Weiss won a write-in campaign in the Republican primary.^[4]

The general election took place on November 3, 2020.

• Eleanor Ory (D.C. Statehood Green)^[5]
• Paul Strauss (Democratic), incumbent^[5]
• Cornelia Weiss (Republican)^[5]

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "District of Columbia (D.C.)", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "District of Columbia: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia". (Affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Washington, D.C. at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Paul Strauss (D) for Senate