2026 Sierra Club Endorsements
District Wide
Janeese Lewis George, Mayor
Sierra Club is proud to endorse Janeese Lewis George for mayor. After more than a decade of stalled progress on climate and environmental priorities under DC’s current mayor, Janeese Lewis George will provide the leadership DC needs to turn our commitments into action.
Councilmember Lewis George has fought to protect and fund a law ensuring that new DC government buildings are powered by clean energy instead of fossil fuels. She wrote legislation to rid DC of toxic mercury lighting. Councilmember Lewis George is a co-sponsor of a key Sierra Club priority, DC’s bottle deposit bill currently under consideration by the DC Council. And she has co-sponsored every piece of legislation the Sierra Club prioritized in the DC Council since she was sworn into office.
Brian Schwalb, Attorney General
Sierra Club is proud to endorse Brian Schwalb for Attorney General.
Attorney General Schwalb won the largest settlement in an environmental lawsuit in DC history, with Pepco paying $57 million for decades of illegal toxic discharges that contaminated the Anacostia River.
Schwalb has built a strong record holding polluters accountable, taking legal action against chemical companies, DC's electric utility, the federal government, and other polluters who contaminated the Anacostia River and fouled our air, water, and neighborhoods.
Oye Owolewa, DC Council at-large
The Sierra Club is proud to endorse Oye Owolewa in the primary for DC Council at-large.
As DC’s shadow representative in Congress, Oye Owolewa has demonstrated his commitment to environmental protection in DC, including strongly supporting bottle deposit legislation before the DC Council and highlighting how gas appliances and unhealthy housing contribute to asthma and respiratory illness, especially among children East of the River.
Elissa Silverman, DC Council at-large
The Sierra Club is proud to endorse Elissa Silverman in the special election to fill a DC Council at-large vacancy. Elissa Silverman was a solid vote for environmental priorities during her previous time on the DC Council.
While on the DC Council, Elissa Silverman consistently supported legislation to reduce pollution, expand clean energy, and improve transparency and accountability in DC government.
Ward Races
Ward 1 Councilmember
The Sierra Club is proud to co-endorse Rashida Brown and Aparna Raj for the Ward 1 DC Council seat.
The 2026 election is the first in which DC voters will elect candidates with ranked choice voting, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference instead of choosing just one candidate. If no candidate receives a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their votes are reassigned to each voter’s next-ranked candidate. This process repeats until a candidate receives a majority of votes.
Sierra Club urges Ward 1 residents to rank Rashida Brown and Aparna Raj as their top two candidates in either order.
Matt Frumin, Ward 3 Councilmember
Sierra Club is proud to endorse Ward 3 Councilmember Matt Frumin.
Councilmember Frumin co-sponsored nearly all of the Sierra Club’s priority legislation on clean energy, zero waste, sustainable transportation, and replacing lead water pipes.
Zachary Parker, Ward 5 Councilmember
Sierra Club is proud to endorse Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker.
Councilmember Parker is the environmental justice leader on the DC Council, writing legislation to cut pollution from industrial facilities in Ward 5 and co-sponsoring legislation to reduce climate, plastic, and lead pollution.
Charles Allen, Ward 6 Councilmember
Sierra Club enthusiastically endorses Councilmember Charles Allen for re-election because of his years of exceptional leadership advancing climate and environmental protections in the District.
Allen wrote landmark legislation to help low- and moderate-income families transition their homes from dirty fuels to clean energy, and now we’re working with him to fully fund that law. He’s a longtime champion for safe streets, from getting dangerous drivers off our roads to ensuring transit riders, pedestrians, and cyclists can get where they need to go safely, affordably, and without delay.