Her name is Janeese Lewis George and she currently serves on the DC Council. Last year when the first stories broke that she might be planning to run for mayor, she was dubbed "DC's version of Zohran Mamdani" because, like Mamdani, she's a member of the DSA with some pretty far-left views.

Lewis George, a D.C. native and graduate of Howard Law, was elected in 2020 to represent Ward 4, which stretches from Petworth to Takoma and Chevy Chase. Here's a slice of her record:

She's rallied against the federal takeover, joined Free DC protests, and denounced ICE enforcement (she took a video of an apparent detainment in August).

Lewis George first made a name for herself when she ran for the Ward 4 seat in 2020. At the time she was leaning heavily on Black Lives Matter and the idea of defunding the police. Here's part of an interview she did with NPR in 2020:

INSKEEP: Janeese Lewis George, who is very likely to win the general election, met us at the Black Lives Matter mural standing on the letter B.

LEWIS GEORGE: I think it's awesome. Do I think it solves the problems we have in our city? Absolutely not.

Did you have a moment while working as a prosecutor when you said, I am working in a racist system?

INSKEEP: That informed her proposals to divert some of the police budget to community improvements and violence reduction programs.

LEWIS GEORGE: You know, I've seen, you know, how much we just lean on doing the same thing and expecting a different result, which is like - let's just put more officers there, and that'll the problem, which is not the only solution. You've got to put more resources into the community to do that.

Nine months ago when President Trump declared an emergency and sent federal agents into the city to reduce crime, Lewis George opposed it. She has also opposed the juvenile curfew which was instituted to keep teens off the streets late at night. Just last month the DC Council voted 8-5 to put a permanent curfew in place.