Say yes to progress.

Thank you for voting— we don't know yet what the final outcome will be, but I can say with certainty that every resident of 6A06 was a winner in this race. Your voice was heard and each and every vote made a difference.

It's close, and that alone sends a message the commission will hear.

The fierce competition for this seat is a reflection of what is at stake for our community between now and 2029. The future is fast approaching, and I believe we are ready for the change that comes with it.We will face many challenges, but this election demonstrates that we are a community deeply invested in our own destiny. We are fortunate to have so many talented and passionate neighbors willing to answer the call to public service.Together, we have what it takes to solve our problems and build a better neighborhood. I will not stop advocating for the progressive evidence-based changes that help move us forward.This has been a long journey, and now that election day has come and gone I know this wait is agonizing. We are close to the finish line; whatever the outcome I am truly grateful to be your neighbor.

Lets grow, 6A06

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Fresh Perspective

Down to Earth.

  • I both live and work in our Single Member District (SMD); 6A06. I moved here 7 years ago and I've come to love this community and its rich history. I believe that 6A06 has a bright future.

  • I rent my home with a group of beloved friends. We're fortunate to have built a great relationship with our landlord over the years. We plan to stay long-term.

  • Did you know Ward 6 is majority-renter? (65.2% of housing units are renter-occupied). Housing policy in this ward has to work for tenants, not just property owners and developers. Ward 6 also has the highest median gross rent of any ward at $2,476. I know the impact our housing shortage has on neighbors who do not own their homes, and I will bring to the ANC a valuable perspective on issues that affect renters, giving voice to a group of residents who are not reflected in the current composition of our commission.

  • I walk to work, bike where I can, and take public transportation to get around the city. I'm eager to put resources into alternatives to driving. I believe we can design roadways with enough space for parking and protected bike lanes to coexist. I am a member of The Washington Area Bicycle Association, and share their policy objectives.

  • By night, I bartend at Transmission, our neighborhood's newest live music venue, and a small and minority owned business started right here in our Single Member District. This unique vantage point allows me to understand the important ways the ANC regulates business activity in the neighborhood as both a local worker and a resident.

    Note: If elected I will recuse myself from voting on any matter material to Transmission or its competitors to avoid a conflict of interest. I believe every business should have to play by the same set of rules.

    Source: ACS 5 Year Selected Housing Characteristics Profile

Up to the Task.

  • Master of Public Policy (MPP)
    The College of William and Mary

  • Experienced Data Scientist
    Evidence-based, outcome-driven approach to solving problems in the public sector

  • Professional Consultant
    Grant Thornton, Capital One, Amazon Web Services, Infinitive, and clients from across the public sector at the state and federal level.

  • Endorsed by Greater Greater Washington
    Leading local advocacy group pushing for increased housing production and investment in public transit, pedestrian and bike infrastructure. I am the only candidate in this race officially endorsed by Greater Greater Washington's committee of policy experts.

  • Endorsed by DC YIMBYs
    Pro-growth policy advocates that want to see a more vibrant city that is less hindered by NIMBY opposition. I'm grateful for their well-reasoned support for my common sense platform. DC YIMBYs also endorsed Chris Kennedy in this race. They make no recommendation on who to rank first. If you are voting for me, Kennedy is a decent second choice, and anyone voting for Kennedy I hope you’ll consider ranking me second.

  • Endorsed by Capital Stonewall Democrats
    CSD has been the District's most influential LGBTQ+ Democratic organization since its founding in 1976. Its members vote on every endorsement, and in this race members voted to endorse me based on my policies and priorities. They know I will stand up for the rights of LGBT residents and local autonomy.

Vetted and endorsed by Greater Greater Washington, DC YIMBYs and Capital Stonewall Democrats

Tip: Rank all four candidates on the ballot according to your honest preferences. It never harms your top choice's chance of winning to rank the other candidates lower. Only ranking one candidate risks throwing away your vote if that person doesn't win.

My Priorities

Here's what matters to me

Public Safety

  • Gun violence along the 15th Street corridor must come to an end, and we cannot allow organized drug enterprises to operate with impunity.

  • Residents of our SMD witnessed earlier this year the risks that come from a purely reactive approach to these issues. By the time police come to collect the bullet casings, or paramedics arrive to transport to the hospital those who have suffered an overdose or a bullet wound, the damage has already been done.

  • The brunt of this damage is borne by our Black and unhoused residents, and it does not do them justice to take a hands-off approach or ignore the issue. We need to instead lean in, intervene, offer assistance, and focus on prevention and deterrence. We will need to work closely with MPD to accomplish those goals.

  • Presence is important, and sometimes that is all it takes. We have seen improvements in the 700 block of 15th Street since we began working more closely with MPD to address the violence. Let's continue to build on that progress.

  • We have to remain consistent and keep pushing for MPD to dedicate resources to our area even as we make strides toward peace. As temperatures rise in the summer, typically so do some forms of violent crime. We want to see follow-through that communicates to the community that MPD is committed and prepared not just to respond, but to intervene.

  • We expect officers to treat all residents with the dignity and respect they deserve, including those who are unhoused. We do not want to criminalize their lives, and the focus should remain on violent crime and getting guns out of our neighborhoods.

Bikes & Pedestrians

  • Physical traffic calming: modify the hardscape, not just "bendy-straws" and paint.

  • Force drivers to slow down by adding speed bumps and all-way stops. Neighbors have requested one of each on Tennessee Avenue in proximity to Miner Elementary School.

  • Build protected bike lanes and expand pedestrian right-of-way. The C Street project demonstrates how strategic investments in bike-friendly infrastructure make for an attractive neighborhood.

  • Connect the abruptly ending Maryland Avenue road improvements to the Starburst intersection and address traffic flow around the Chick-fil-A.

  • Design a better route for bicyclists in our SMD to get onto the Florida Avenue bike lanes to ride to NoMa. Currently, only one direction of travel is possible, and there are not great ways for us to reach those lanes aside from riding in the wrong direction, which is a safety issue, or walking our bikes across H Street at the 14th Street intersection.

  • Push DDOT to move forward with plans to rework the signaling and signage of the Starburst intersection, particularly with the streetcar no longer in operation.

  • Install bike racks in our public spaces.

Clean Streets

  • Push DPW to reduce missed trash pick-ups, and repair broken trash carts

  • increase the frequency of agency-facilitated street cleaning

  • Request DPW install new public cans in litter prone areas.

  • Ask DOH for active and ongoing rodent abatement in our public spaces.

  • Ask for DPW to issue fines and citations to problem properties. Encourage neighbors to take responsibility for caring for the public space from the building face to the curb.

  • Write stronger trash provisions into settlement agreements with businesses that sell food and drinks.

Public Spaces

  • Parks, sidewalks, green space and other public spaces shouldn't be arbitrarily locked away, blocked off or lacking in the kind of upgrades and amenities that many neighborhoods West of us have enjoyed for years.

  • Things like playgrounds, park benches, and public art could bring much desired vibrancy to the neighborhood and draw us out of our homes. We deserve to see these investments.

  • Miner Elementary School's playground should be open for the public to use when school is not in session

  • Several triangle parks in our SMD are lacking in any kind of engaging or inviting upgrades— we want to see long term investments like new plantings from the Urban forestry department and benches and seating to give neighbors a place to sit and gather.

  • Installing public dog waste bag stations near these parks would also be helpful in abating the pet waste that we often see which makes these spaces less hospitable for other users.

Housing

  • I believe that housing is affordable where it is abundant. I will support efforts to invest in our community with a flexible approach to zoning that encourages the construction of new market-rate units.

  • I will also push the city to enforce the Short-Term Rental Regulation Act consistently so that newly built units are not diverted for use as Airbnb lodging. On my block alone the city has failed to take action as 2 new-construction multi-unit condo buildings which were permitted as residential housing have instead operated for years as lucrative short stay rental businesses over the objections of neighbors. The community deserves answers, and these developers should be held accountable. If you claim to be building housing, we expect housing, not an unregulated hotel.

  • I believe the Mayor's proposed amendment to the STR law does not do enough to shore up the DLCP's enforcement powers and close loopholes.

  • Corporations should not be allowed to use single-family homes as event spaces and lobbying offices in our neighborhoods while residents face increasing housing scarcity. Residential housing should not be converted to commercial use without our community's consent.

  • Crypto-billionaire Brock Pierce has recently begun expanding his footprint of residential properties in our neighborhood after having acquired the majority of units in the Pierce School Lofts condominium building. His latest purchases include row houses on 14th street, Elliott, Linden, Staples, and Gales, along with condos in the surrounding blocks. The majority of these properties have no full-time residents. Pierce himself is not a DC resident. He officially resides in Puerto Rico, where Act 60 tax-incentives exempt him from paying taxes on his capital gains. Neighbors report that he has been operating his properties as event spaces, hosting mixers and parties for tech influencers to network and lobby right-wing politicians.

  • Houses should be homes. As our SMD becomes a playground for the ultra-rich, and developers skirt the rules by converting condo buildings into full-time Airbnb operations, our housing stock is dwindling, and our ability to create community is compromised. The ANC should make it a priority to work with DOB, DLCP, and the Zoning Board to counter this growing and concerning trend.

Endorsements

I'm grateful to have the backing of Greater Greater Washington, DC YIMBYs, and Capital Stonewall Democrats. GGWash and DC YIMBYs have spent years pushing DC toward more homes, safer streets, and better transit. The Stonewall Democrats stand for the rights of the LGBT community that are being threatened on the federal level. We’ve fought this fight before and we will not be silenced. Thank you all for your confidence in me.

Greater Greater Washington
Endorsed September 16, 2026"...a believer in and fighter for GGWash's priorities.""Aboagye recognizes that a thriving neighborhood is one that is built for people rather than cars, and supports dense, accessible development along with better conditions for transit, walking, and biking."I am the only candidate to win their official endorsement and they recommend ranking me #1 on the 6A06 ballot.Read the full endorsement, view my questionnaire responses, or visit their home page by clicking the links below.

DC YIMBYs
Endorsed September 20, 2026DC YIMBYs backs ANC candidates who will say yes to new homes and to the bike lanes, bus lanes, and safer streets that make a growing neighborhood work. After reviewing my questionnaire, they put me on their 2026 slate.DC YIMBYs co-endorsed me and Chris Kennedy for 6A06. They recommend you rank us highest.See the full slate, read my questionnaire, or visit their home page by clicking the links below.

Capital Stonewall Democrats
Endorsed October 16, 2026Capital Stonewall Democrats has been the District's LGBTQ+ Democratic organization since 1976. Its members vote on every endorsement, and they voted to endorse me for 6A06.Read the candidate profiles, follow them on Instagram, or visit their home page by clicking the links below.

Want to learn more about the other candidates? These guides compare us side by side

How to Vote

Election Day: Tue, Nov 3

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How Ranked Choice Voting Works

This is the first general election that RCV is being used in DC, with four candidates that makes a difference. There are a few interesting features of RCV that I want to point out. If this information is confusing for you just skip it— voting is simple and easy to do, you should never be intimidated out of voting. If you have questions don't be afraid to ask.The main take-away is this:
You should rank every candidate, even though you arent required to— it ensures that your vote wont go to waste no matter what candidate your neighbors pick. It never hurts your favorite to rank the rest of the field.

It is possible to win a RCV election without getting the most first choice votes. Here is a fictional example to show how that could happen

Vetted and endorsed by Greater Greater Washington, DC YIMBYs and Capital Stonewall Democrats

In this hypothetical, Hammer gets the most first choice votes, but in the end I still manage to defeat him, because I am many people's 2nd or 3rd choice. Again, the numbers are made up— the point is that this is possible, and its why I ask that If you arent ranking me first, you consider ranking me second or third on your ballot. So your vote wont go to waste.

Vetted and endorsed by Greater Greater Washington, DC YIMBYs and Capital Stonewall Democrats

Note: these numbers are not real. this is just a hypothetical scenario to illustrate how RCV works. They have not finished counting the votes yet.

Vetted and endorsed by Greater Greater Washington, DC YIMBYs and Capital Stonewall Democrats

*I chose to show the ballot being filled out in the order it is here (Aboagye, Kennedy, Biggs, Hammer) because that is the exact order Greater Greater Washington recommends voters in 6A06 fill out their ballots. For more information, read about my endorsements here. Who you vote for is confidential and your choice alone to make. I hope I can earn your vote, and I want everyone to have the tools they need to make an informed decision.

Projected final roundChance of this result
Aboagye …·Hammer ……
◂ HammerHammer by 1 or 2, or a tieAboagye ▸

Simulating 100,000 counts…

… of 100,000 simulated counts end in this range.
ANC 6A06 · Unofficial count · DCBOE update Nov 12, 1:57 pm ET

6A06 Election Forecast

While we wait for DCBOE to finish counting ballots in this race, I decided to geek out and do a bit of data analysis on the results that have come in thus far. This race is interesting because it is so competitive that we still can’t tell who the winner is a week after the election, a real-world case study in how ranked choice voting can change the outcome of an election in unexpected (but not unpredictable) ways.

Aboagye wins 43 of every 100 simulated counts and Hammer wins 57, with ties split evenly.

Statistical Likelihood of Winning the Final Round of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)

Daniel Aboagye43%
Ben Hammer57%

These odds cover every outlook at once, so the slider does not change them. Based on a statistical model which relies upon assumptions which may not hold true in the real world. Not to be relied upon as fact— final results are only reported by the DCBOE and have not been released yet.

Calculated live in this browser from 100,000 simulated counts.

The Count So Far

What DCBOE has published for ANC 6A06. Everything below this section is a projection built on these numbers.

First choices, DCBOE update of Nov 12, 1:57 pm ET
CandidateVotesShare
Daniel Aboagye23629.6%
Ben Hammer24530.7%
Chris Kennedy18323.0%
Ray Biggs II12816.1%
Write-in50.6%
Total797100%

935 ballots counted in 6A06. 137 left the first choice blank and 1 was an overvote. Hammer leads on first choices by 9.

Ranked-choice rounds, DCBOE’s Nov 10 tabulation
CandidateRound 1First choicesRound 2Write-ins outRound 3Biggs outRound 4Kennedy out
Aboagye228228264325
Hammer232232247320
Kennedy173174201out
Biggs125126outout
Write-in5outoutout
No further choice0351118
Ballots763763763763

DCBOE’s latest ranked-choice tabulation, published Nov 10. It covers the 892 ballots counted through Nov 10, not the 43 counted since, which DCBOE has not tabulated yet. It shows one more Kennedy ballot than that day’s first choices because one ballot left the first rank blank and ranked Kennedy next. Aboagye leads its final round by 5.

How the Model Works

It runs live, in your browser.

When this page opens, it simulates the rest of the count 100,000 times. Each run starts from the ballots DCBOE has counted, draws how many are left, how they split on first choice and where each Kennedy and Biggs ballot goes next, then plays out the ranked-choice rounds.

Move a setting and all 100,000 runs start over. Every run has a fixed random seed, so the same settings always return the same answer. Reloading the page won’t change the numbers.

Simulating 100,000 counts…

35 ballots
June’22’24
NoneDefault 3570
Hammer +4 points
◂ Hammer +19Default Hammer +4Aboagye +11 ▸
Same as Nov 10
◂ Toward HammerDefault Nov 10Toward Aboagye ▸

Ballots still to count. The middle estimate. Each run draws its own number around it.

Dotted lines: the ballots each DCBOE update since election night added in 6A06. Nov 5: 80 (off the scale), Nov 6: 8, Nov 9: 66, Nov 10: 19, Nov 12: 43.

Blue marks: what would be left if this count finished the way earlier ones did. About 9 at the pace of June’s primary, 34 at the 2022 general’s and 45 at the 2024 general’s.

First-choice lean. The average edge on ballots not yet counted. Each run varies it by about 4 points.

Dotted lines: the edge in each DCBOE update so far. Nov 3, first report: even, Nov 3, late: Aboagye +5, Nov 5: Hammer +3, Nov 6: Aboagye +29 (7 ballots, off the scale), Nov 9: Hammer +14, Nov 10: Hammer +7, Nov 12: Hammer +14.

Is the late lean real?

Election night, 613 ballots: Aboagye +1. 95% range Hammer +5 to Aboagye +7.
Since election night, 184 ballots: Hammer +8. 95% range Hammer +19 to Aboagye +4.
◂ Hammer +19Aboagye +11 ▸

Two-tailed t-test of the two groups: t = −1.29, p = 0.20. The ranges overlap, and a gap this size would turn up by chance about one time in 5. It is not significant at the usual 5% level, which is why the default sits between the two and not at Hammer +8.

Next choices. Shifts the split between the finalists for every Biggs and Kennedy ballot not yet transferred.

Dotted lines, measured against the Nov 10 rates in the blue lane. Nov 6 rates: 1 point toward Hammer. Ballots added between the Nov 6 and Nov 10 runs: 14 points toward Aboagye, on 27 transfers.

What the model assumes

  • Counted ballots are fixed. DCBOE’s Nov 10 tabulation covers 892 of the 935 ballots counted so far. The 43 counted since have known first choices: Aboagye 8, Hammer 13, Kennedy 11, Biggs 3, blank 8. Until DCBOE tabulates them, each run sends the 11 Kennedy and 3 Biggs ballots on at the Nov 10 rates below. DCBOE can still revise totals by a vote or two.
  • About 35 ballots are left. DCBOE reports 236,052 ballots cast citywide through Nov 11 and 227,917 counted. 6A06 has been 0.4% of the count and 0.5% of ballots counted since election night, which puts its share of the 8,100 still out near 35. Late mail, special ballots and rejections can move that. Each run draws its own number. For comparison: nine days after June’s primary, 99.1% of its final count was in, which would leave about 9 here. In the 2022 and 2024 generals, DCBOE ended up counting 99% and 101% as many mail and special ballots as mail ballots came back. It has counted 94% so far this year, and reaching those rates would leave about 34 or 45.
  • 15% of late ballots skip this race. 32 of the 216 counted since election night did.
  • Uncounted first choices lean Hammer +4. The full count runs Hammer +1. Ballots since election night ran Hammer +8, but the seven updates differ about as much as chance alone would produce. A two-tailed t-test of those ballots against election night’s gives p = 0.20. Each run varies the lean by about 4 points.
  • Next choices follow Nov 10. Biggs’s 126 ballots went Aboagye 36, Hammer 15, Kennedy 27, no one 48. Kennedy’s 201 went Aboagye 61, Hammer 73, no one 67. Each rate is good to about 6 to 8 points, and every run draws its own.
  • Smaller pieces. Biggs ballots that reach Kennedy follow his rates. Write-ins split like the five counted so far: one to Biggs, one to Kennedy, three to no one.
  • First and later choices are independent. If late ballots that favor Hammer first also favor him later, the real spread is a little wider than shown.
  • Ties split evenly. DC settles a tied final round by lot. ANC races have no automatic recount.

Every Outlook and Its Chance

Each outlook is a range of final margins. Its chance is the share of the 100,000 runs that end there, so the 13 add up to 100%. The typical final round is one run from the middle of the range. Pick a row to see it across the page.

OutlookTypical final roundChance
Simulating 100,000 counts…

The Most Likely Outlook

Follow the Votes

Every dot is one ballot, colored by its first choice. Press play to watch the rounds.

Simulating 100,000 counts…

Solid: countedRing: not yet counted

Pile totals for the 763 ballots in DCBOE’s Nov 10 run are exact. DCBOE doesn’t publish individual ballots, so which dot takes which path inside a pile is assigned to match those totals. The 35 counted since then show their real first choices. Where their Kennedy and Biggs ballots go next, and all the rings, come from one typical run for the selected outlook.

Limits and Sources

Ballots left is the biggest unknown. Mail postmarked by Election Day counts if it arrives by Nov 13. The count stays unofficial until the Board certifies it, expected around Dec 2, and DCBOE reruns the whole tabulation with each ranked-choice release, so totals can move by a vote or two. With 100,000 runs, simulation error on the chance of winning is about 0.3 points. The assumptions matter far more.

Sources: DCBOE results and ranked-choice tab; RCVis round-by-round for 6A06; DCBOE certified results for 2022 and 2024; release-by-release counts, ballots-received reports and Election Day vote-center totals archived by DC Elections at districtjosh.com; DCBOE on ranked-choice rules and ties.