The District of Columbia is a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
[3] The majority of residents want the district to become a state and gain full voting representation in Congress.
The shadow senator emulates the role of representing the district in the Senate and pushes for statehood alongside the non-voting House delegate and shadow representatives.
[needs update] The Democratic Party has immense political strength in the district; in each of the shadow senator elections, the district has overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic candidate, with no margin less than 58 percentage points.
The following graph shows the margin of victory of the Democratic Party over the runner-up in the 11[needs update] shadow senator elections the District of Columbia has held, excluding the initial 1990 election that had two winners.