Points Breakdown for GLAA 2014 General Election Ratings

Points Breakdown for GLAA 2014 General Election Ratings

Note: Ratings marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a candidate who did not return a questionnaire
and was therefore rated solely on his or her known record on LGBT issues.

Candidate Ratings as of September 17, 2014
(We reserve the right to re-rate candidates based on additional information received during the campaign.)

(Possible range: +/- 10 points total)
Candidate Yes/No
(+/- 2)
Substance
(+/- 4)
Record
(+/- 3)
Championship
(+/- 1)
Total
(+/- 10)
MAYOR
David A. Catania (I) 2 4 3 1 10
Muriel E. Bowser (D) 2 4 2.5 0.5 9
Carol Schwartz (I) 1.5 4 3 0 8.5
Faith (SG) 2 1 0.5 0 3.5
Bruce Majors (L) 0.5 0.5 1 0 2
Nestor Djonkam (I) 0 0 0 0 0*
COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
Phil Mendelson (D-Incumbent) 2 4 3 1 10
G. Lee Aikin (SG) 2 1 0 0 3
John C. Cheeks (I) 0 0 0 0 0*
Kris Hammond (R) 0 0 0 0 0*
Kyle Walker (L) 0 0 0 0 0*
AT-LARGE COUNCIL
Courtney R. Snowden (I) 2 4 3 1 10
Graylan Scott Hagler (I) 2 3 3 1 9
Elissa Silverman (I) 2 4 2 0 8
Robert White (I) 2 3 2.5 0 7.5
Anita Bonds (D-Incumbent) 2 2 2 0 6
Brian Hart (I) 1.5 2 1.5 0 5
Eugene Puryear (SG) 1.5 1.5 1.5 0 4.5
Wendell Felder (I) 1.5 1 0.5 0 3
Michael D. Brown (I) 2 0 0 0 2
Marc Morgan (R) 0 0 2 0 2*
Calvin H. Gurley (I) 1 0 0 0 1
Eric J. Jones (I) 0 0 0 0 0*
Khalid Pitts (I) 0 0 0 0 0*
Kishan Putta (I) 0 0 0 0 0*
Frederick Steiner (L) 0 0 0 0 0*
WARD 1 COUNCIL
Brianne K. Nadeau (D) 2 2 1 0 5
Ernest E. Johnson (I) 1.5 0 0 0 1.5
John Vaught LaBeaume (L) 0 0 0 0 0*
WARD 3 COUNCIL
Mary M. Cheh (D-Incumbent) 1.5 3 3 1 8.5
Ryan Sabot (L) 0 0 0 0 0*
WARD 5 COUNCIL
Kenyan McDuffie (D-Incumbent) 1 1.5 2 0 4.5
Preston Cornish (L) 0 0 0 0 0*
WARD 6 COUNCIL
Charles Allen (D) 2 3.5 3 0 8.5
Pranav Badhwar (L) 1.5 0.5 0 0 2

Key to available ratings points

Questionnaire: yes/no+/- 2 points
Questionnaire: substantive grasp of issues+/- 4 points
Record:+/- 3 points
Championship: taking the lead on an issue
of concern to LGBT people
+/- 1 point
Total available:+/- 10 points

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