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Agreed. And yup DC statehood would be a boon for the Dems.

The state does have 3 electoral votes (and you know
they’d go to the Dem candidate)

Wikipedia:
>> The U.S. Constitution gives Congress direct jurisdiction over Washington, D.C. While Congress has delegated various amounts of this authority to local government, including an elected mayor and city council, Congress still intervenes, from time to time, in local affairs relating to schools, gun control policy, and other issues.

>>Citizens of the district have no voting representation in Congress. They are represented in the House of Representatives by a non-voting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC At-Large) who sits on committees and participates in debate, but cannot vote. D.C. has no representation at all in the Senate. Attempts to change this situation, including statehood and the proposed District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, have been unsuccessful.
...With the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961, residents of the district became eligible to vote for President of the United States. The district has three electoral votes—the same number as states with the smallest populations, such as Montana, Wyoming, Delaware, Alaska, Vermont, and the two Dakotas.

>>would be a boon for the Dems.

i.e., more votes for the Dem side with a Dem. senator
or Rep. whose votes count (unlike the “non voting”
Rep., described above) but yes they do get electoral votes