Muriel Bowser: “As Mayor of the District of Columbia, I swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Starting with the most recent elections, where we had just really a good turnout and great wins for Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia and New York City, the next 10 months are going to be different than the last 10 months.

What got us there was imprudent decisions fiscally, so we had to work out of that.

It's time for me to pass the baton on to the next set of leaders who are going to take our city to the next level

The hardest thing I've had to do