Brooke Pinto

Brooke Pinto (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington D.C. City Council, representing Ward 2. She assumed office on June 27, 2020. Her current term ends on January 2, 2029.

Pinto (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Washington D.C. City Council to represent Ward 2. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Pinto earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.^[1]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2

Incumbent Brooke Pinto defeated Rondell Magic Jordan in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brooke Pinto (D)	93.4	29,839
	Rondell Magic Jordan (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	6.6	2,116

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,955
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2

Incumbent Brooke Pinto advanced from the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2 on June 4, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brooke Pinto	92.4	7,679
	Other/Write-in votes	7.6	629

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,308
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pinto in this election.

2020

Ward 2 (Regular election)

General election

General election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2

Incumbent Brooke Pinto defeated Randy Downs, Martín Fernandez, and Peter Bolton in the general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Pinto (D)	68.3	20,364
	Submit photo	Randy Downs (Independent)	20.6	6,141
	Submit photo	Martín Fernandez (Independent)	7.2	2,137
	Submit photo	Peter Bolton (G)	2.9	873
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	302

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,817
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Katherine Venice (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Pinto	28.4	3,142
	Submit photo	Patrick Kennedy	25.0	2,763
	Submit photo	Jordan Grossman	21.5	2,385
		Kishan Putta	9.9	1,100
	Submit photo	John Fanning	6.3	695
		Yilin Zhang	4.3	473
		Jack Evans	3.4	376
	Submit photo	Daniel Hernandez	1.2	129
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	8

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,071
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2

Katherine Venice advanced from the Republican primary for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Katherine Venice	84.7	359
		Other/Write-in votes	15.3	65

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 424
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Endorsements

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Ward 2 (Special election)

General election

Special general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Washington D.C. City Council Ward 2 on June 16, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Pinto (D)	42.7	4,554
	Submit photo	Patrick Kennedy (D)	20.2	2,159
	Submit photo	Jordan Grossman (D)	14.6	1,563
		Kishan Putta (D)	8.4	895
	Submit photo	Katherine Venice (R) (Unofficially withdrew)	5.1	549
	Submit photo	John Fanning (D)	4.6	488
		Yilin Zhang (D)	3.6	382
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	82

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,672
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jack Evans (D)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Brooke Pinto did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ward 2 (Regular election)

Brooke Pinto completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pinto's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am proud to serve as the Councilmember representing Ward 2 and the Democratic nominee running for re-election to the DC Council this November because I know that we deserve a leader who is committed to transparent, reasoned, and passionate representation. After winning a crowded Democratic primary for the Ward 2 seat in June, I went on to win the special election to fill the very same seat as the youngest DC councilmember in history. Serving as the first woman to represent Ward 2 on the Council has been an honor, and I look forward to having the chance to fight for a more just, more affordable, and cleaner city for four more years. In my first few months on the Council, I have fought for more support for our small businesses, secured millions of dollars for our parks, schools, and public housing, and worked with my colleagues to balance the budget while increasing social support programs and without raising taxes.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Small businesses: Ensuring our small businesses have what they need to recover from rising rent prices, increased regulation, and a reduction in revenue.
Criminal justice reform: Reforming the lifespan of the system from increasing after school programming to shifting enforcement responsibilities out of MPD to community based policing to updating our expungement laws and ensuring that all of our residents are treated with respect and dignity.
Affordable housing: Alleviating our chronically homeless population by moving more folks into permanent supportive housing and improving our multi-agency approach to address the crises.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Addressing our housing crisis, uplifting small businesses, and ensuring that our agencies both have what they need in staffing and resources to address the COVID-19 crisis, as well as provide responsible oversight to our agencies so there is not a duplication of efforts.

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