Voters will choose their representatives on the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) in the Nov. 5, 2024 election.
ANC Commissioners are elected, unpaid government officials who each represent about 2,000 voters in the Single Member District (SMD) in which they live. Voters elect the commissioner for their SMD to serve a two-year term.
Commissions meet once a month, often in addition to meetings with subcommittees, to consider issues of concern to their constituents such as ABC licensing, development, roadway improvements. Commissioners also advocate for other resident concerns. By law, the recommendation of the ANC must have great weight with District agencies.
To find your ANC or SMD boundary, enter your address in the new 2023 Locate Your ANC/SMD tool at https://arcg.is/1PrKXG.
No Representation
Some ANC seats have no candidate declared with the DC Board of Elections (DC BOE), meaning there will be no name on your ballot. However, you can write in the name of a candidate for those seats. The candidate has seven days after 5 p.m. on the day of the election to affirm their candidacy.
No-one is on the ballot to represent ANC 6C01, where traffic safety advocate Christy Kwan has retired after one term as commissioner (and multiple years as the ANC’s Transportation Committee Chair). ANC 7D02, representing Parkside-Mayfair was vacant in 2022-24 and so far, no candidate has stepped forward to represent residents.
Additionally, nobody is running to represent ANC 6/8F05, the seat currently held by Clayton A. Rosenberg. Rosenberg pled guilty in August 2024 to a federal charge of wire fraud for offenses committed 2020-21. In August, ANC 8F asked the Office of ANCs to vacate the seat. The matter was pending as of publication. 6/8F05 is located south of the SE Freeway, between South Capitol and New Jersey Avenue SE.
ANC 6B
One notable write-in candidate is in ANC 6B08. Chair Edward Ryder had decided not to run again as his growing family expected to move out of his SMD in 2025. However, when nobody declared for the seat, and with the move going slower than expected, Ryder has declared his write-in candidacy. Those wishing to cast their vote for him should write “Edward Ryder” in the spot indicated for 6B08 on their ballot.
ANC 6B has two other vacancies. SMD 6B04 is currently represented by Frank D’Andrea. He will be stepping down after a single term. Kasie Durkit will step down from 6B05 at the end of October. There is no one on the ballot in either race.
For more information on how to run as a write-in candidate for ANC Commissioner in this eleciton, see https://dcboe.org/candidates/anc-advisory-neighborhood-commissioners
