{"id":2620493,"date":"2026-06-28T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soft-on-crime-socialist-set-to-run-nations-capital-ravaged-by-teen-takeovers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:29:40","slug":"soft-on-crime-socialist-set-to-run-nations-capital-ravaged-by-teen-takeovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soft-on-crime-socialist-set-to-run-nations-capital-ravaged-by-teen-takeovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft-On-Crime Socialist Set To Run Nation&#8217;s Capital Ravaged By Teen Takeovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoft-on-crime-socialist-set-to-run-nations-capital-ravaged-by-teen-takeovers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Janeese Lewis George, a socialist and Democratic City Councilwoman representing Ward 4 in Washington D.C. as 2021, has won the city&#8217;s Democratic mayoral primary, positioning her to become the next leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-bumbling-bidens-job-approval-crashes-to-record-low-39-percent\/\" title=\"Nolte: Bumbling Biden&#039;s Job Approval Crashes to Record Low 39 Percent\">deep blue city<\/a>. She secured 52.9% of first-choice votes,defeating her main challenger,Kenyan McDuffie,who received 36.4%. The race was the first D.C. mayoral election using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-has-commanding-lead-in-nyc-mayoral-race-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Has Commanding Lead In NYC Mayoral ..., Poll Shows\">ranked-choice voting<\/a>, which contributed to the delay in calling the results. Lewis george is known for focusing on issues like cost of living, public services, and police reform, opposing a youth curfew and advocating for investment in safe spaces for teens. She is supported by groups such as the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. her campaign and positions have included criticism of crime policies and debates over city safety measures, amidst ongoing challenges like teen takeovers and violence, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >city efforts including deployments<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/additional-security-measures-implemented-after-capitol-hill-protest\/\" title=\"Additional security measures implemented after Capitol Hill protest\">national guard troops<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Socialist City Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George won Washington D.C.\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary putting her on track to be the deep blue city\u2019s next leader.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis George won 52.9% of the first choice vote, beating out her closest challenger former City Councilman Kenyan McDuffie who garnered 36.4%, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/us\/elections\/results-washington-dc-mayor-primary.html?eafs_enabled=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Thursday with 75% of the vote counted. The AP called the race nearly two full days after polls closed Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The race took long to call partly due to the fact that this was the first D.C. mayoral election using ranked-choice voting. No other candidate in the race received more than 4% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis George has represented the District\u2019s Ward 4 since 2021, when she defeated a more moderate Democrat in the primary. During her campaign she has been compared to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and she is a self-described socialist. Like Mamdani, her campaign focused on cost-of-living issues and strengthening public services.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has led the nation\u2019s capital since 2015, did not\u00a0seek reelection to a fourth term.<\/p>\n<p>McDuffie has served as D.C. council for Ward 5 for nearly ten years before spending three as an at-large council member.<\/p>\n<p>During Lewis George\u2019s last reelection campaign, her opponents <a href=\"https:\/\/krdo.com\/news\/2024\/06\/03\/democratic-primary-for-dc-council-held-against-a-backdrop-of-crime-in-the-nations-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a> her for being soft on crime. McDuffie has pointed out that Lewis George did not vote for sweeping crime bills in 2023 and voted against allowing landlords to evict potentially violent tenants, <a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/26\/05\/19\/dc-mayor-candidates--positions-on-criminal-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to WAMU 88.5.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis George told Fox 5 that her vision is \u201csomeone who addresses retention, recruitment, morale and police enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teen takeovers have been infiltrating D.C. leading to several arrests and violence happening within the city. Lewis George said she was against the idea of implementing a youth curfew to combat teen takeovers and teen violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/what-would-washington-dc-mayoral-hopefuls-do-about-teen-takeovers\/90212494007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis George has claimed that the cities teen takeovers can be solved by \u201cinvesting more in safe spaces and activities for teenagers,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is dangerous because we have federal troops who are in our city, masked [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] ICE agents who are in our city,\u201d Lewis George said in May 2025. \u201cThese are the people enforcing this law in our young people, and these individuals are not trained in deescalation,\u201d she added on, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>McDuffie criticized Lewis George\u2019s take on crime and claimed that \u201cdoing nothing is not an option,\u201d USA Today reported.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to crack down on crime President Donald Trump deployed national guard to D.C. in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis George was endorsed by the Working Families Party, the Metro D.C. 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