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District of Columbia Council member Robert White has jumped out to a commanding lead in D.C.\u2019s primary election for U.S. House delegate, putting him on the brink of victory after a contentious race.<\/p>\n

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After nearly three hours of waiting for results Tuesday night in a Buzzard Point restaurant, White and his team gathered around a laptop to review the initial vote count. The results showed him at 63% of the vote thus far. His primary challenger, Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto, sat at 21%. Minutes later, just before 11 p.m., White said Pinto called to concede the race.<\/p>\n

White is all but certain to succeed the District\u2019s longtime delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, as three in four D.C. voters are registered Democrats, according to city Board of Elections data<\/u><\/span>. Though White is claiming victory and Pinto has conceded, officials have warned<\/u><\/span> that final results could be delayed by the District\u2019s new ranked-choice voting system.<\/p>\n

\u201cD.C., we did it,\u201d White, 44, announced to a packed room of supporters. \u201cFor 36 years, D.C.\u2019s \u2018Warrior on the Hill\u2019 fought for us … I promise you that I will carry your legacy forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

White was formerly a staffer for Norton, the District\u2019s second-ever delegate to Congress. The position in the House of Representatives can debate and introduce legislation, but cannot vote. NOTUS broke the news<\/u><\/span> of Norton\u2019s retirement in January.<\/p>\n

The competitive primary to succeed her was<\/b>marked by record spending and barbs traded between frontrunners White and Pinto. Pinto\u2019s campaign outspent White\u2019s $1.1 million to $587,000 and raked in $1.5 million to White\u2019s $683,000 in total as of May 27, according to a NOTUS analysis<\/u><\/span> of campaign finance reports filed ahead of the June 16 primary.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t need as much money,\u201d White told NOTUS before the results were announced. \u201cPeople around the city know my name and know my work, so we don\u2019t have to buy that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remark hints at a string of spats between White and Pinto in recent months. While all five Democratic candidates for delegate largely agreed on a platform of resisting federal overreach and securing D.C. statehood, the race got exceedingly personal.<\/p>\n

Pinto and White targeted each other for receiving money from donors who also gave to Trump. White picked on Pinto for being a recent transplant to the city, leveraging his generations-deep roots in the District.<\/p>\n

But Pinto brought tensions to a fever pitch in April when she posted<\/u><\/span> a 67-page \u201copposition research report\u201d to her website that included pictures of White\u2019s home, his address and personal information about his family members. On social media<\/u><\/span>, White called on Pinto to withdraw.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was out of bounds then and it\u2019s out of bounds now,\u201d White said Tuesday. \u201cThis is not a time where city leaders can be divided or petty. We\u2019ve got to move forward because the future of our city, and frankly, the future of our democracy are at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

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