Who Were the Most Powerful (or Luckiest) Endorsers in the DC Primary?

I’ve already mentioned that the Washington Post had all seven of its endorsed candidates win in Tuesday’s DC primary, but I thought I’d see how well other groups and publications did with their endorsements. My simple scoring system awards 1 point for each endorsed candidate who won and subtracts 1 point for each endorsed candidate who lost.

Here are the scores:

• +7 for the Washington Post, which endorsed 7 winners (Fenty, Gray, Mendelson, Graham, Cheh, Thomas, Wells)
• +5 for the DC Chapter of the Sierra Club — 5 winners (Gray, Mendelson, Graham, Cheh, Wells)
• +4 for Washington City Paper’s Loose Lips — 7 winners (Fenty, Mendelson, Graham, Cheh, Wells, Norton, Panetta) and 3 losers (Patterson, Ray, Pannell)
• +4 for DC for Democracy — 5 winners (Mendelson, Graham, Wells, Norton, Panetta) and 1 loser (Pannell)
• +3 for the American Federation of Government Employees — 6 winners (Gray, Mendelson, Graham, Thomas, Wells, Norton) and 3 losers (Cropp, Strauss, Pannell)
• +3 for the tenants’ group TENAC — 6 winners (Gray, Mendelson, Graham, Thomas, Wells, Norton) and 3 losers (Rice, Pannell, Forster)
• +3 for the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club — 5 winners (Graham, Thomas, Wells, Norton, Panetta) and 2 losers (Cropp, Pannell)
• +3 for the Service Employees International Union — 4 winners (Fenty, Mendelson, Graham, Wells) and 1 loser (Patterson)
• +2 for the AFL-CIO — 5 winners (Mendelson, Graham, Thomas, Wells, Norton) and 3 losers (Cropp, Strauss, Pannell)
• +2 for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — 4 winners (Mendelson, Graham, Thomas, Wells) and 2 losers (Cropp, Patterson)
• +2 for the International Association of Fire Fighters — 4 winners (Mendelson, Graham, Cheh, Wells) and 2 losers (Cropp, Patterson)
• +1 for Friends of the Earth Action — 2 winners (Fenty, Mendelson) and 1 loser (Patterson)
• +1 for Sam Smith’s Progressive Review — 2 winners (Fenty, Mendelson) and 1 loser (Patterson)
• 0 for the landlords’ group METPAC — 2 winners (Gray, Wells) and 2 losers (Cropp, Bolden)
• 0 for the Northwest Current — 2 winners (Mendelson, Cheh) and 2 losers (Johns, Patterson)
• −1 for Smokefree DC — 3 winners (Fenty, Mendelson, Graham) and 4 losers (Patterson, Brooks, Henderson, Etherly)
• −1 for the Washington Times — 1 loser (Johns)
• −2 for the DC Chamber of Commerce — 2 winners (Gray, Thomas) and 4 losers (Cropp, Bolden, Goulet, Etherly)
• −2 for the Greater Washington Board of Trade — 2 winners (Gray, Thomas) and 4 losers (Cropp, Bolden, Goulet, Etherly)
• −3 for the Washington Examiner — 2 winners (Fenty, Graham) and 5 losers (Patterson, Bolden, Goulet, James, Etherly)