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Biden risks longtime Democratic-held seats over Texas redistricting fight – Washington Examiner
President Joe Biden‘s Justice Department is fighting to save Galveston County’s only minority-majority precinct in a high-stakes redistricting case that could alter how the Voting Rights Act is interpreted and may imperil South Texas Democrats — and Democrats nationwide.
The Galveston County Commissioners Court, the local governing body that drew the new map in 2021, contends that a minority-majority cannot legally be achieved by merely creating a coalition of Hispanic and black voters. While no single racial minority group made up the majority of voters in the county’s old Precinct 3, black and Hispanic voters collectively made up 58% of the precinct’s population in 2020.
In October 2023, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown ruled that the new commissioners court map, which removed Precinct 3’s minority-majority status, violated Section 2 of the VRA, arguing the map “denies Black and Latino voters the equal opportunity to participate in the political process,” according to court records.
The map dispute has drawn the ire of civil rights groups, the Biden Justice Department, and local residents who were disgruntled over the changes made to the plan. But one local Republican commissioner told the Washington Examiner that Supreme Court precedent favors the newer map, and that Biden’s challenge against it could backfire heavily against Democrats.
“The Voting Rights Act is too important to be misused as a political weapon,” Republican Galveston County Judge Mark Henry said. “It’s important for the courts to recognize that it protects classes of people who are of the same race, not the same political party.”
The future of Section 2 at the heart of the Galveston County dispute
The dispute, known as Petteway v. Galveston County, stems from the Republican-led County Commissioners Court’s decision in 2021 to remove the only black and Hispanic-dominant precinct out of the county’s four precincts when it enacted its new redistricting map. Galveston County is primarily white and Republican, but black and Hispanic voters in the area lean Democratic.
The new map dismantles Precinct 3, a primarily black and Hispanic “coalition district” that has been led by Stephen Holmes, a black Democratic commissioner, for nearly 25 years. The changes have been described as “discriminatory” by plaintiffs in the case, which include NAACP branches, the League of United Latin American Citizens Council, the Texas Civil Rights Project, and the DOJ.
Henry defends the new map and has vehemently denied plaintiffs’ allegations that it undermines minority voting power.
From Henry’s perspective, the district court only ruled against the new map because Brown, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, was relying on outdated precedent under the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
The only way to draw a map in Galveston County with a majority non-white district is to “make race the exclusive priority when placing lines and to flatten all racial and cultural diversity in the County into non-whiteness,” Henry told the Washington Examiner.
The 5th Circuit later ruled on Dec. 7, 2023, to pause Brown’s order requiring Galveston County to implement the commissioners court’s districts that maintain the prior Precinct 3 shape. Plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, and the justices ruled 6-3 on Dec. 12 to leave the new districts in place. The majority of the high court justices did not explain their ruling.
Elena Kagan, one of three Democratic-appointed justices on the high court, was joined in dissent by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, writing that the 5th Circuit “disrupted the status quo — an election map concededly lawful under circuit precedent and nearly identical to the maps that have governed the election of Galveston County’s commissioners for decades.”
In the Supreme Court’s 2009 Bartlett v. Strickland decision, the justices held that the Voting Rights Act only applies where minority groups have less opportunity than others to elect a candidate of choice, not when a specific minority group needs assistance from another minority group through the political process to elect a candidate.
Placing Bartlett in the context of Galveston County, Henry contends two distinct minority groups cannot combine to raise a VRA claim.
The VRA was intended to remedy that type of racial discrimination, not “perpetuate the sort of polarization and stereotyping the Plaintiffs rely on in our case,” he added.
What are civil rights groups saying?
The plaintiffs in the Galveston case argue that the commissioners court exploited the Supreme Court precedent that invalidated a law requiring federal approval for new voting maps in jurisdictions with a history of voting rights violations.
“Map 1 accounts for all current incumbents, and its use will maintain the status quo for voters because it is a least-change plan based on a decades-old configuration of the commissioner precincts,” Hilary Harris Klein, an attorney with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice representing the activists, told the Supreme Court in the December petition.
“By contrast, the 2021 enacted plan that defendants desire would effectively ‘extinguish the Black and Latino communities’ voice on [the] commissioners court’ and ‘shut [them] out of the process altogether,’” Klein added.
In addition to the Bartlett precedent, defenders of the new Galveston County map say the changes were made possible due to a 2013 modification to the VRA known as the Supreme Court Shelby County decision, which blocked a requirement for counties to pre-approve district map changes with the Justice Department.
Yet the Biden administration is operating as if those requirements are still in place by joining the plaintiffs in the Galveston County case. Meanwhile, the years of litigation have forced the county to spend close to $5 million in legal fees to defend a voting map it contends is in accordance with the Supreme Court’s precedent.
“The Biden DOJ is misusing the Voting Rights Act as a weapon for the Democratic Party to bully Republican legislators,” Henry said. “As politicians, it’s our duty to stand up and fight for the rule of law.”
The Biden DOJ could be pushing its luck for Democrats who cling to Section 2
Henry indicated he is confident that the new map will sustain legal scrutiny even if it leads to a battle at the Supreme Court, in part because there is a split among the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and the 11th Circuit when it comes to minority-coalition Section 2 claims. The 6th Circuit has rejected them, and the 11th Circuit has authorized them.
In November, a three-judge panel on the 5th Circuit consisting of appointees from Presidents George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan acknowledged that while it is bound by 5th Circuit precedent allowing for minority-coalition Section 2 claims, it believes prior decisions permitting such claims are “wrong as a matter of law.”
“The 5th Circuit’s prior opinion on this issue did not address the question of coalitions as deeply or directly as the 6th Circuit,” Henry said, indicating that the litigation spurred by Biden’s DOJ could toss coalition districts into a legal gray area, which could spell a disaster for Democrats who rely on such districts.
5th Circuit to reconsider redistricting precedent under Voting Rights Act
The 5th Circuit is now poised to rehear the Galveston County map dispute before an en banc panel, meaning an argument before the circuit court’s full bench of judges, on Tuesday.
If the court rules in favor of the defendants, it could spell trouble for Democrats because the case could ultimately make its way back to the Supreme Court for an argument on the merits. For that to happen, the losing party would have to file a petition and gain the votes of four or more justices for them to consider the case.
“As personnel have changed on the courts, there’s been an increased appetite in revisiting some of the previous holdings of the circuit,” Derek Muller, a professor of law and election law expert at Notre Dame, told the Houston Chronicle in December.
“Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is obviously contentious,” Muller added. “And multiple Supreme Court decisions lately have gone multiple directions, some in favor of the plaintiffs and some in favor of the states.”
In neighboring Harris County, which contains Houston, the seats of Democratic U.S. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher, Al Green, and Sheila Jackson Lee could all be affected if the Supreme Court were to adopt a standard similar to the 6th Circuit against coalition districts.
It’s no doubt a risky legal fight for Democrats, as coalition districts are also facing challenges in states such as Georgia, which is covered under the 11th Circuit.
How do recent Supreme Court rulings signal fate for Section 2?
The last major Section 2 dispute before the Supreme Court came down on June 8, 2023, when the justices ruled 5-4 in Allen v. Milligan to maintain a lower court injunction that required Alabama to create an additional majority-minority district.
The majority in Allen, composed of Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the court’s three Democratic-appointed justices, upheld the lower court’s ruling. They concluded that Alabama’s new congressional map likely violated the VRA by diluting the voting power of black people, particularly in the “Black Belt” region. The majority of justices rejected the state’s argument that a race-neutral benchmark should be used in evaluating redistricting plans and emphasized the importance of considering the entirety of the circumstances under the VRA’s requirements.
On the other hand, the dissent, written by Justice Clarence Thomas and joined by Justices Neil Gorsuch and, in part, Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett, argued against the majority’s interpretation. They contended that Section 2 does not apply to redistricting and criticized the Supreme Court majority for what they saw as a hijacking of the redistricting process to allocate political power based on race. Alito also wrote a separate dissent, joined by Gorsuch, criticizing the majority’s decision as inconsistent with the text of Section 2 and the principle of avoiding race-based decisions by states.
Henry contends the problem that “all parties agree” within the Galveston County case is that there aren’t enough black or Hispanic voters to draw a district in the county that is majority black or majority Hispanic.
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For the plaintiffs who say the new Galveston County map discriminated against minority voters, Henry argues that cannot be the case because the area is becoming “less segregated and polarized over time.”
“The predictable result of that trend is what we see here, it becomes impossible to draw a box that separates people into racial groups while keeping the population in each district equal,” he said.
After DSA candidates roiled traditional Democrats with wins in New York City last week, Tuesday’s primary in a Denver-centered district tested whether the left wing’s appeal could prevail elsewhere.
It turns out the democratic socialists’ reach extends well beyond New York — and it may well grow before the year is out.
Melat Kiros, backed by the national Democratic Socialists of America and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, upset Rep. Diana DeGette, who has held her reliably blue seat for almost 30 years.
“What we’re seeing right now is the response to voters feeling like the party has not actually been fighting for working people,” Kiros told MS NOW last week.
The result is that Kiros, a critic of the Israeli government and high-ranking Democratic leaders, will likely be a member of Congress come next year. That happened even as DeGette cast the race as a warning, with President Donald Trump’s second term continuing to upend governance from the nation’s capital.
“Now is not the time to gamble and send somebody with no experience to Washington,” DeGette said during a recent candidate forum. “We need a strong, bold, hardened leader who will hold Trump accountable.”
The result was one of several Colorado results Tuesday to test incumbents or prominent statewide officials navigating a turbulent moment in Democratic politics — one in which voters have shown an appetite for untested fighters over familiar faces who’ve served in Washington’s halls of power.
The night’s theme wasn’t clear-cut; the three marquee races diverged on everything from ideology to questions of approach and clout. But each pitted an incumbent whose Congressional ties became fodder for a challenger.
In 2020, Democrats’ ability to woo former Gov. John Hickenlooper into the Senate race was seen as a boon for a party trying to unseat incumbent GOP Sen. Cory Gardner, one of the last Republicans left representing a blue state in the Senate. That move came after Hickenlooper’s 2020 presidential primary campaign fizzled. Even so, he faced a somewhat-competitive primary that year, taking 58.7% to his challenger’s 41.3%. Hickenlooper went on to win the seat that November by a little over nine points.
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June 30, 2026 (Washington, D.C.) – The Washington Chorus (TWC), DC’s most dynamic choral ensemble, celebrates its 65th anniversary during the 2026-2027 season. Through thought-provoking pairings of classic major choral works, artistic collaborations, and groundbreaking premieres, TWC celebrates its history of providing an inclusive community where choral music connects, reflects, and inspires everyone while continuing its mission of creating transformative musical experiences that bring people together through the joy of choral music.
“Our 65th season showcases TWC’s commitment to honoring choral tradition while embracing the living voices shaping American music today,” said TWC Artistic Director Eugene Rogers. “We look forward to serving the entire D.C. community, bringing new audiences into our special anniversary celebration through this repertoire and outstanding guest artists.”
The season begins with TWC’s guest appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center on Friday, August 14, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. On Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. at Joseph Myerhoff Symphony Hall; Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. at Music Center at Strathmore; and Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. at Meyerhoff TWC joins Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for John Adam’s On the Transmigration of Souls as part of the BSO’s Alsop Conducts Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique concert.
The Washington Chorus’s own season kicks off with two weekends of A Candlelight Christmas concerts in December, continuing its beloved holiday tradition now reimagined in new venues across the city. This cherished program brings together The Washington Chorus with the National Capital Brass and Percussion Ensemble, alongside award-winning music director, organist, and conductor Paul Byssainthe Jr., soprano Colleen Daly, and jazz-mezzo Christie Dashiell. The program will also feature the premiere of a new work by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton. Blending timeless carols with vibrant new voices, A Candlelight Christmas offers a warm and luminous celebration of the season – honoring tradition while embracing the rich musical spirit of our community. Venue and performance info are listed below.
In the new year, The Washington Chorus presents A Song Flung Up to Heaven: Honoring 65 Years of TWC on Sunday, February 28, 2027 at 3:00 p.m. at DAR Constitution Hall. The program juxtaposes two major works from contrasting origins – Nkeiru Okoye’s When the Caged Bird Sings and Poulenc’s Gloria – that treat sacred themes with a striking blend of reverence and theatricality. Together, these two major works meld European and American musical traditions into a powerful, life-affirming concert experience with a deep connection to spiritual rituals, while each composer’s innovation imbues them with new discoveries and uncovers mysteries of the human condition.
The centerpiece of this performance is the East Coast premiere of Dr. Nkeiru Okoye’s dramatic work When the Caged Bird Sings – a “musical ceremony” fusing many genres, including opera, musical theater, spoken word, and choral singing, and American musical styles including gospel, spirituals, traditional anthems, and jazz. Okoye’s evocative new piece celebrates the spirit of rising above expectations and transforming adversity into triumph through the milestones in the life of one Black woman. Partly in tribute to the activist and poet laureate Maya Angelou, the work celebrates and explores the transformative ability of the human spirit, commemorating those who have paved a path for future generations. The concert opens with a cornerstone of 20th-century sacred music, Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, which first premiered in 1961, the same year as TWC’s founding.
In May, TWC partners with the National Philharmonic to present Requiem and Renewal featuring Mozart’s monumental Requiem. This will be preceded by Jocelyn Hagen’s large-scale symphonic work, What the Soul Already Knows, on Saturday, May 8, 2027 at 7:30 p.m. at Music Center at Strathmore. Jointly commissioned by Pacific Chorale under the direction of Robert Istad and The Washington Chorus, the work will have its East Coast premiere as part of TWC’s 65th Anniversary Season.
Rooted in an exploration of the sacred – in both the physical world and the unseen – the work invites listeners to reflect on the deep interconnectedness of all life. At its core, What the Soul Already Knows is a meditation on our shared humanity and the potential for beauty that arises when we live in alignment with gratitude, unity, and service. The title received inspiration from the book Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul by Celtic spiritual teacher John Philip Newell, whose writings illuminate the sacred as present not only in heaven, but within the earth and all living beings. Both Hagen’s and Mozart’s works are meditations on the soul in a program that asks: What is the soul, what is sacred, and how should we live – before and beyond death?
Closing the season is a theatrical version of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and conducted by its Artistic Director Jonathon Heyward on Friday, June 11, 2027 at 8:00 p.m. at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; Saturday, June 12, 2027 at 6:00 p.m. at Music Center at Strathmore; and Sunday, June 13, 2027 at 3:00 p.m. at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. This staged performance of Verdi’s masterpiece is our third collaboration with Heyward and the BSO’s multi-year Verdi Opera Initiative.
Performance Information
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Friday, August 14, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.
Filene Center, Wolf Trap | 1551 Trap Road | Vienna, VA 22182
Tickets: $57 – $132
Link: wolftrap.org/show/26filene/081426/
Program:
Beethoven – The Consecration of the House – Overture
Beethoven – Elegiac Song, Op. 118
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Artists:
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Tessa McQueen, soprano
Cecelia McKinley, alto
Demetrious Sampson, tenor
Jonathan Patton, baritone
The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, artistic director
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Alsop Conducts Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique
Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | 1212 Cathedral Street | Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore | 5301 Tuckerman Lane | North Bethesda, MD 20852
Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | 1212 Cathedral Street | Baltimore, MD 21201
Tickets: Subscriptions are on sale now, with single tickets on sale August 2026
Link: my.bsomusic.org/20342/20381
Program:
Barber – Adagio for Strings
John Adams – On the Transmigration of Souls
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Artists:
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, artistic director
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A Candlelight Christmas
Saturday, December 11, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 12, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Cramton Auditorium, Howard University | 2455 6th St NW | Washington, DC 20059
w/Howard University Chorale
Friday, December 18, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 19, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University | 730 21st St NW | Washington, DC 20052
Monday, December 21, & Tuesday, December 22, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore | 5301 Tuckerman Lane | North Bethesda, MD 20852
Link: thewashingtonchorus.org/2026-27-season
Program:
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton – NEW WORK (World Premiere)
Artists:
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Christie Dashiell, soloist (Dec. 11, 12, 21 & 22)
Howard University Concert Choir (Dec. 11 & 12)
Eric Poole, conductor
National Capital Brass and Percussion Ensemble
Paul Byssainthe Jr., organ & piano (Dec. 18 -22)
Reservoir High School (Dec. 18 & 19)
Gregory Knauf, conductor
South Loudon Youth Chorale (Dec. 21 & 22)
Laura Lazarevich, conductor
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven: Honoring 65 Years of TWC
Sunday, February 28, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.
DAR Constitution Hall | 1776 D Street NW | Washington, D.C. 20006
Link: thewashingtonchorus.org/2026-27-season
Program:
Poulenc – Gloria
Nkeiru Okoye – When the Caged Bird Sings
Artists:
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Denyce Graves, narrator
Cyrus Chestnut, piano
Angela Brown, soprano
Christie Dashiell, jazz mezzo
Issachah Savage, tenor
Michael Preacely, baritone
The Washington Chorus
Howard University Chorale
Dr. Eric Poole, director
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Requiem and Renewal
Saturday, May 8, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore | 5301 Tuckerman Lane | North Bethesda, MD 20852
Tickets: Single tickets are on sale beginning Thursday, July 23, 2026
Link: nationalphilharmonic.org/event/what-the-soul-already-knows-requiem-renewal/
Program:
Jocelyn Hagen – What the Soul Already Knows
Mozart – Requiem in D Minor
Artists:
National Philharmonic
The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Rabihah Dunn, soprano
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Alan Williams, baritone
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Heyward Conducts Verdi’s Requiem
Friday, June 11, 2027 at 8:00 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | 1212 Cathedral Street | Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday, June 12, 2027 at 6:00 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore | 5301 Tuckerman Lane | North Bethesda, MD 20852
Sunday, June 13, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | 1212 Cathedral Street | Baltimore, MD 21201
Tickets: Subscriptions are on sale now, with single tickets on sale August 2026
Link: my.bsomusic.org/overview/20358
Program:
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem
Artists:
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, artistic director
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About The Washington Chorus
The Washington Chorus (TWC) is one of the foremost symphonic choruses in the nation and a cultural leader in our nation’s capital—creating joyous and transformative choral music since 1961. TWC is noted for the superb artistry of its performances and recordings of the entire range of the choral repertoire. A three-time nominated and two-time Grammy Award-winner, the 220-voice Chorus presents performances annually across the DMV region. TWC is also a longtime artistic partner and collaborator with many of the nation’s leading organizations and artists, including the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), National Philharmonic (NatPhil), Washington Performing Arts (WPA), and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO). TheWashingtonChorus.org
About Eugene Rogers
Lauded for leading performances of “pure magic” (Washington Post), conductor Eugene Rogers is at the vanguard of American musicians, recognized for his musical and educational leadership around the world. Rogers is a committed conductor, teacher, arranger, and industry thought leader, championing timely new works, bringing historically overlooked music to life, and supporting next-generation talents.
Rogers is a two-time Michigan Emmy Award winner, a 2017 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2015. Musical America magazine has named him one of the top music industry professionals, and his work has been profiled on CNN, PBS, and on radio stations and in print and online publications across the world.
Since 2020, Rogers has served as Artistic Director of The Washington Chorus. He is also the Founding Director for EXIGENCE, a professional vocal ensemble affiliated with the world-renowned Sphinx Organization, highlighting artistry within Black and Latinx communities. Alongside his own appearances as guest conductor for orchestra, chorus, and opera, he has also proudly acted as chorus master to leading conductors including Gianandrea Noseda, Marin Alsop, Jonathan Heyward, Joe Hisaishi, and James Conlon.
Rogers is a Professor of Music and the Director of University Choirs at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. He is a former board member of Chorus America and is the former national chair of the Diversity Initiatives Committee for the American Choral Directors Association. Rogers is also active as an arranger, with publications including the Eugene Rogers Choral Series with ECS Publishing and the EXIGENCE Choral Series for Mark Foster Publishing.
WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. is looking forward to an economic boost from added tourists this summer.
Tourism numbers for the America 250 celebration are looking positive. Hotel bookings are up, as D.C. prepares to celebrate America’s birthday.
The National Mall is ground zero for the 4th of July festivities, with the Folklife Festival, the 4th of July Parade, fireworks and free museums. Plus, this year, there is an extra emphasis on historic and cultural exhibits. 50 million visitors are estimated to inject millions into the local economy.
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“It’s very hard right now for us to tell you exactly what the economic impact is. overall, events like this, we typically don’t know the impact until after the event has taken place,” said Elliott Ferguson, Destination DC CEO.
According to Destination DC, 27.2 million people visited D.C. in 2025, up 20,000 visitors from the year before. They spent almost $12 billion, bringing in $2.5 billion in tax revenue and creating more than 114 thousand jobs.
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International visitation declined by 4%.
This summer of 2026, hotel bookings are up. More than two dozen hotels have DC250 packages, hoping to attract overnight guests. Luxury hotels are reporting record packages.
Visitors to the District pump billions directly into the local economy, accounting for over $11.4 billion in recent annual visitor spending and generating $2.3 billion in local tax revenue. And there’s a strong demand for the July 4 period.
D.C. has also secured 18 conventions for 2026, estimated to bring in $317(m) according to Exhibitor Online. This influx saves the average D.C. household more than $3,600 in taxes.
“As we look at the events with America’s 250 and the events that this Trump administration is bringing to the city, it has been positive for the industry,” Ferguson added.
Major openings are adding to the expected summer tourism boom, including the National Geographic Museum, renovations to the Air and Space Museum, and the new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft exhibit. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., will take place Aug.22 to 23, 2026, marking the firstever IndyCar series race on the National Mall.
These tourism dollars are critical, saving the average D.C. household more than $3,600 in taxes, as D.C. is facing headwinds from reductions to the federal workforce and commercial real estate challenges.
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