[12] Silverman supported increasing funding to government programs that subsidize affordable housing,[13][14] and expanding the minimum wage law to cover restaurant workers.

[14] She was also endorsed by the editorial board of the Washington City Paper,[22] Democracy for America, and the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 2.

[26] She was proud of helping increase the District's minimum wage to $11.50 per hour and expand the mandatory paid sick leave law to restaurant employees.

Working Families, Jews United for Justice,[29] and the D.C. Muslim Caucus,[30] Metro Washington Council AFL–CIO, Service Employees International Union 32BJ and 1199, DC for Democracy, the Sierra Club, the DC Police Union,[31] the United Food and Commercial Workers local,[32] and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 36.

Allen, who was endorsed by former mayor Anthony Williams and former D.C. Councilmember David Catania, had specifically challenged Silverman over the latter's support of a comprehensive paid leave proposal which was passed into law by the council in 2016.

[37] Allen and other opponents of the paid leave bill argued that it imposes a costly tax on DC businesses and that the benefits will primarily accrue to residents of Maryland and Virginia who commute into the city.

[39] Dionne Reeder, a candidate backed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, entered the race to replace Silverman, though was not successful in the November 2018 general election.

[40] Silverman lost her re-election bid in November 2022 to Anita Bonds and Kenyan McDuffie, where two seats were up for election.

The law would cap public expenditures at $50 million and hold Ted Leonsis' company, which owns the team, responsible for any cost overruns.