Voters in Washington, DC, filed in and out of Eastern Market’s Election Day polling location on Tuesday to cast their ballot.

Some voters stopped and browsed the mint and ginger limeade and artisan bread stands on the way out on the busy street during lunchtime. 

A couple of candidates brought their children and walked around talking to incoming voters and businesses at various booths in the market. 

Of the various voters CNN spoke with, most said education, crime and equality of resources are important to them. 

Linda Kaufman, a 63-year-old DC resident, said there’s a window to everything going on through living in the city. 

“I do a lot of talking with my feet, so I attend a lot of protests about equal access to education, health care abortion, the justice system,” she said.

Kaufman said Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is up for reelection this year and facing challengers in Tuesday’s primary, is uniquely aware of these issues in a way some of the other candidates have not expressed, which is why she’s voting for the incumbent to win a third term.

Her husband, Frederick Crittle, voted for Bowser because he said she has made education a priority and Crittle believes “everybody has a right to a good, free education and access to free healthcare.”

“I became a US citizen three months ago, and I wanted to vote in this primary so I could exercise my right to vote,” Crittle said. 

Casey Davidow, a 32-year-old teacher, has taught for years under the Bowser administration and wants to see change and more transparency.

“In my experience in DC schools, Mayor Bowser didn’t have teachers backs or students backs in a genuine way, and instead was more interested in who would finance her future campaigns and who could help her gain more power in the city,” she said.

Davidow said she voted for mayoral candidate Robert White because he made it clear he wants to listen and wants transparency. 

Voter Gary Vanderhoof, who stressed a need of equitable use of resources, said social services, health and education are most important in DC. 

“All the parts of the city should have equal access to these sorts of things, and we’re behind, including equality of schools and teachers,” he said.