D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Won’t Seek Fourth Term
Oh, boy. I wonder who will take her place.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she won’t seek a fourth term.
Bowser gushed about supposed advances DC has made during her tenure, which started in 2015.
Here’s the full transcript of Bowser’s video:
My fellow Washingtonians, for 10 years, you and I have worked together on an ambitious agenda to restore faith in our government and ensure that every DC resident gets the fair shot they deserve to keep that promise. We took big swings, keeping DC teams in DC, raising enrollment and graduation rates in our schools and investing more money in housing than any other city or state, creating 36,000 homes. We delivered on big projects like McMillan and St. Elizabeth’s, and invested nearly $1 billion in Ward Eight, including the brand new full service Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center.
We drove unemployment to its lowest levels, achieved a AAA bond rating and strong reserves, quadrupled CPE spending, and completed the largest infrastructure project in our city’s history with the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
We also brought our city back from the ravages of a global pandemic, and summoned our collective strength to stand tall against bullies who threaten our very autonomy while preserving home rule that is our North Star.
Throughout this remarkable journey, I’ve been honored to serve with countless dedicated city executives and extraordinary frontline workers, the incredible people who keep DC thriving every single day for their bold vision, big ideas, personal sacrifices and relentless pursuit of excellence and service to this city. I am deeply grateful. I’ve also had the immense privilege of working alongside all of you, the residents of DC.
Every day I gain strength from witnessing your hard work, your ingenuity and your pride in this city. You are the heartbeat of this place now, looking to the future, I know we’ve laid the groundwork for others to build upon, to reshape and grow DCS economy, establish DC as the 51st state and protect our investments in affordable housing, transportation, public safety and public schools, and to build a world class stadium, housing, recreation and parks at RFK.
It has been the honor of my life to be your mayor, but today, with a grateful heart, I am announcing that I will not seek a fourth term. When you placed your trust in me 10 years ago, you gave me an extraordinary opportunity to have a positive impact on my hometown. Every day since I’ve cherished the opportunity and have happily given all my passion and energy to the job that I love. Together, you and I have built a legacy of success, of which I’m intensely proud and for the next 12 months, let’s run through the tape and keep winning for DC. Thank you, DC.
It has been the honor of my life to be your Mayor. Together, we have built a legacy of success of which I am intensely proud.
With a grateful heart, I am announcing that I will not seek a fourth term.
For the next 12 months, let's run through the tape and keep winning for DC. pic.twitter.com/q0wQWe0h2c
— Muriel Bowser (@MurielBowser) November 25, 2025
Where do I begin!? Holy moly.
Notice what’s missing? CRIME. Bowser slips in public safety towards the end, but it did not make the bragging part.
Gee, I wonder why.
The crime in D.C. was so bad that President Donald Trump sent in the National Guard.
It worked so well that Bowser ordered the local police to coordinate with federal law enforcement indefinitely.
Bowser even admitted that the federal takeover led to a significant drop in crime. Carjackings alone dropped 87%.
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When I read the headline, I thought, maybe she does have a sense of shame. When I read her speech, I realize she doesn’t.
Name a US politician with a sense of shame? Name one who will actually apologize or admit they were wrong (Might be able to here). They’re not like Japanese politicians who will resign if something goes South.
Well, there’s…and then there’s….Oh, yeah there’s….Hmmm you may be right on this.
“It worked so well that Bowser ordered the local police to coordinate with federal law enforcement indefinitely”
On second thought, she deserves props for doing that so readily, and not being a seaward like Prikster.
Après moi, le déluge.
Pretty sure the deluge was Marion Barry. Everything after that was epilogue.
“ Oh, boy. I wonder who will take her place?”
May I suggest Congress?
It’s quite clear that the residents are incapable of self-governance.
You think Congress can govern?
A whole city? They have problems running two rooms.
DC government bureaucracy is still as dysfunctional as ever…
Since in DC the Dem primary is essentially the general election (with rare exceptions), I suspect that her internal polling shows she’s not in a good spot right now. Trump, and the work of ICE and the National Guard in DC are going to be major campaign issues. There are a quite a few upper-middle to upper class liberal DC residents who would rather have the crime than the NG and federal agents around, and have no problem telling soldiers and agents they don’t want them there.
Odds that DC will elect a new mayor worse than Bowser: Way better than even. DC Democrat voters just can’t help themselves, y’know.
I heard they were going to dig up Crackhead Berry to run again.
“It worked so well that Bowser ordered the local police to coordinate with federal law enforcement indefinitely”
There you have the reason she is being forced out. People put up with everything including the murder until she worked with Trump to lower it. That’s a bar a DC Progressive and black person can’t cross and politically survive.