The DC primary for local races is Tuesday, September 9. One of the most interesting races is the primary for Ward 2 Councilmember, where Cary Silverman, president of the Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association, is challenging 17-year incumbent Jack Evans. If you’ve been anywhere in Ward 2 (Georgetown, Foggy Bottom, Dupont, Logan Circle, Shaw, Mount Vernon Square, and downtown) you’ve noticed the many brightly colored signs for both candidates.

Here on Greater Greater Washington, we’ll be making up our minds based on deeper issues than who has more signs or the platitudes on campaign Web sites. I’ve arranged to interview both candidates in the next week. I have some ideas for questions to ask them, but thousands of heads are better than one. So: what questions would you like to ask the Ward 2 Council candidates? Post your thoughts in the comments. I’ll ask the best ones and a few of my own, and post the results here.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.