Single Member District 5A08
Commissioner
| Name | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Elaine Alston | January 2, 2025 to January 2, 2027 | Current |
| Gordon-Andrew Fletcher | January 2, 2023 to January 2, 2025 | Former |
2026 Candidates
On the Ballot
Election Results
2026
Unofficial results as of November 4, 2026. DCBOE is still counting ballots, so these totals will change until the results are certified.
| Candidate | First-choice votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Alston | 244 | 37.5% | Leading |
| Dwight Davis | 242 | 37.2% | |
| Debra Whitford | 159 | 24.5% | |
| Write-in | 5 | 0.8% | |
| Total | 650 |
No candidate has a majority of first-choice votes. This is a ranked-choice election, so the winner will be decided by ranked-choice tabulation, which DCBOE hasn't published yet.
2024
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Alston | 933 | 97.3% | Won |
| Write-in | 26 | 2.7% | |
| Total | 959 |
2022
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon-Andrew Fletcher | 514 | 68.0% | Won |
| Elaine Alston | 235 | 31.1% | |
| Write-in | 7 | 0.9% | |
| Total | 756 |
Neighboring Districts
These districts border this district.
- SMD 5A01: Keith J. Sellars
- SMD 5A02: Timothy Thomas
- SMD 5A03: Emily Singer Lucio
- SMD 5A04: Jack Hermes
- SMD 5A07: Valeria Sosa Garnica
- SMD 5A09: Shelagh Bocoum
Pre-2022 District
This district is from the 2022 redistricting cycle. This district's territory overlaps with the following district(s) from the other redistricting cycle: