据决策台总部（DDHQ）预测，华盛顿特区市议会成员罗伯特·怀特将赢得该特区下一任联邦众议院代表的竞选。怀特将接替长期担任该职位的埃莉诺·霍姆斯·诺顿（民主党-华盛顿特区），成为众议院的一名无表决权代表。他在一场被普遍视为民主党稳操胜券的席位竞争中，击败了共和党候选人丹尼斯·罗萨多和绿党候选人基莫内·弗里曼。截至美东时间晚上10点16分，在71%的选票统计完毕时，DDHQ预测怀特以81.3个百分点的优势击败了罗萨多。
D.C. City Council Member Robert White is projected to win the race to be the District’s next delegate to the House of Representatives, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). White will take over for longtime Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) as a non-voting delegate in the House. He beat Republican Denise Rosado and Green Party candidate Kymone Freeman for what was widely viewed as a safely Democratic seat. DDHQ projected that White defeated Rosado by 81.3 percentage points with 71 percent of the vote reported as of 10:16 p.m. EST.
怀特竞选时承诺，将保卫特区免受特朗普总统试图对该市实施控制的努力，捍卫市政预算，并抵制任何削弱华盛顿特区自治、自治地位的企图。怀特在其竞选网站上表示：“我们将共同对抗特朗普及其在国会的盟友，因为他们试图把华盛顿特区作为其激进右翼议程的试验场。”怀特还承诺为可负担住房、医疗保健、儿童保育和高薪就业而战。
White ran on defending the District from President Trump’s efforts to inflict control over the city, safeguarding the municipal budget and pushing back on any effort to diminish D.C.’s self-governing, home rule status. “Together, we will fight Trump and his allies in Congress as they attempt to use D.C. as a testing ground for their radical right-wing agenda,” White says on his campaign website. White also pledged to fight for affordable housing and access to health care, childcare and well-paying jobs.
这位市议员表示，将继续为华盛顿特区建州而战，这是诺顿长期以来倡导的事业。怀特的网站称：“华盛顿特区不是在请求美国拯救我们。给我们应得的发言权、自由和权力，华盛顿人将帮助引领美国向前发展。”
The councilman said he would continue the fight for D.C. statehood, a cause long elevated by Homes Norton. “D.C. is not asking America to save us,” White’s website says. “Give us the voice, freedom, and power we have earned, and Washingtonians will help lead America forward.”