DC needs environmental champions.
The District's leadership is in flux.
The 2026 election will bring sweeping change to the DC Council and the Executive branch -- it is the most consequential shake-up of DC leadership in over a decade. Who is elected will determine how boldly and swiftly the District will retake the mantle of climate leadership, or whether the District’s leadership on climate will continue to erode.
The Sierra Club DC PAC will invest in high-impact local races to stack our local politics with environmental champions and remove leaders who impede our District’s climate goals.
This moment requires bold action from our elected leaders — to protect our environment, make DC healthier and more sustainable, and ensure a transition to clean and affordable energy — not continued delay or incremental steps.
What’s at stake?
A brand new executive branch
The Mayor is stepping down after 12 consecutive years, creating an open race for the most powerful position in District government, which has direct authority over nearly all agencies that address local climate and environmental issues, including those charged with keeping our communities healthy and our energy costs affordable.
Three wide-open races on the DC Council
Three veteran councilmembers are stepping down (Ward 1 and two at-large seats). In a council where a 7-member majority is needed to pass bills, this creates a significant opportunity to solidify a stronger green caucus in our local legislature, particularly because the two departing at-large members, more often than not, opposed climate and environmental progress.
An opportunity for champions
For too long, elected leaders in the District of Columbia have faced few political consequences for inaction and a lack of boldness on climate and environmental issues. To keep DC green, healthy, and affordable, we need climate champions now.
Why now?
DC deserves bold leadership. In a city that voted over 90% for Kamala Harris, we know that DC voters care that their local officials are focused on climate and the environment. However, many feel uninformed about the specifics of local policy and politics, and are looking for analysis, a trusted guide and validator, and facts to inform their vote.
Sierra Club DC PAC operates with the clear view that DC voters must no longer countenance continued delay and inaction by members of the DC Council or the executive branch in advancing rapid decarbonization, addressing skyrocketing energy costs, protecting nearby nature and parkland, strengthening transit, and other vital sustainability measures. We must go all in to elect climate champions and remove those leaders holding us back. Sierra Club DC PAC is laser-focused on this objective.
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Sierra Club DC PAC
50 F Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001