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Election Week Special Edition: Muriel Bowser ’94 is Mayor-Elect of Washington, DC!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chatham chapter.

Normally, we reserve this space for interviews, but we’re making an exception to celebrate some wildly exciting news: Muriel Bowser ’94 is the Mayor-Elect of Washington, D.C.! 

A History student at Chatham, Bowser is now making history. Most recently, Bowser served as Ward 4 Councilmember, focusing on increasing the quality of education, ending violence, and advocating for ethical politics. Her commitment to her community earned her a number of major accolades. After announcing her candidacy for the democratic nomination for mayor, Bowser got the Washington Post‘s endorsement.

We’re using this as a space to collect videos and articles honoring Bowser’s achievement. If you spot something we miss, feel free to leave it in the comments!

HC Chatham does not make political endorsements, but our team does cheer on the achievements of our sisters. Our sincere congratulations go out to Muriel Bowser. We hope her success inspires more Chatham women – and more women in general – to enter public policy and change the status quo.

EBONY: “Muriel Bowser Ready to Lead D.C.”

The Washington Times: “Muriel Bowser: A week in photos from candidate to Capitol Hill”

The Washington Times: “Muriel Bowser win makes D.C. biggest U.S. city with women in 3 top jobs”

Washington Post: “How D.C. mayor-elect Muriel Bowser can start off on the right foot”

Washington Post: “Muriel Bowser’s thoughts on leadership and running D.C.”

Washington Post: “Pharrell Williams is a Muriel Bowser fan”

Photo: Muriel Bowser for Mayor Facebook page

Source: Chatham University

  Mara Flanagan is entering her seventh semester as a Chapter Advisor. After founding the Chatham University Her Campus chapter in November 2011, she served as Campus Correspondent until graduation in 2015. Mara works as a freelance social media consultant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She interned in incident command software publicity at ADASHI Systems, gamification at Evive Station, iQ Kids Radio in WQED’s Education Department, PR at Markowitz Communications, writing at WQED-FM, and marketing and product development at Bossa Nova Robotics. She loves jazz, filmmaking and circus arts.