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The Group 1 at-large council member who served the longest uninterrupted period of time is John L. Ray, who served 17 years, 359 days from January 8, 1979, to January 1, 1997. Ray also holds the record for the Group 1 at-large council member serving the longest period of time counting interrupted service.
The council is composed of thirteen members, each elected by district residents to a four-year term. One member is elected from each of the district's eight wards. Four at-large members represent the district as a whole. The chairman of the council is likewise elected at an at-large basis.
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In 2005, she became a senior adviser to Council member Kwame R. Brown. [22] When elected to the D.C. Council, Bonds worked as an executive for Fort Myer Construction, one of the district's largest contractors. [7] Bonds said she would cut back on her hours when taking her seat on the council but did not immediately sever ties with the company.
David Catania, a member of the city council from 1997 to 2015, was the last member of the Republican Party elected to the council, but changed his political affiliation to independent in 2004. This will be the first election that will allow for non-citizens to vote for DC council members after a law enacted in early 2023.
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In 2013, Frumin ran for a vacant at-large seat on the DC Council after Phil Mendelson became chair of the Council. [1] Frumin outraised many of his competitors, but came in fourth place with 11 percent of the vote. [3] He was supported by filmmaker Aviva Kempner and wavered about whether he would hold outside employment if elected. [4]
The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government offices, including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.