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Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) [1] was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat , Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia , representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in ...
On November 8, 1994, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor.It featured the return of Marion Barry, who served as mayor from 1979 until 1991.. Barry served six months in prison on a cocaine conviction.
Sharon Pratt Dixon announced at the 1988 Democratic National Convention that she would challenge incumbent mayor Marion Barry in the 1990 election. Pratt was the only candidate to have officially announced her plans to run for mayor when Barry was arrested on drug charges and dropped out of the race in early 1990.
Marion Christopher Barry (June 17, 1980 – August 14, 2016) was an American construction company owner and the son of Marion Barry, who was a two-time Mayor of the District of Columbia long-term district councilmember. After the death of his father, he was an unsuccessful candidate for his father's Ward 8 council seat in 2015.
As a line prosecutor, Garland represented the government in criminal cases ranging from drug trafficking to complex public corruption matters. [5] Garland was one of the three principal prosecutors who handled the investigation into Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's possession of cocaine. [25]
She was campaign manager for Barry's bid for a third term as District mayor in 1986. [3] In 1990, Bonds helped the defense attorney in Marion Barry's drug and perjury charges. [17] In 1994, Bonds became special assistant to District Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly's chief of staff, Karen A. Tramontano. [18]
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Referring to killings by drug cartels in Washington, D.C. in 1989, mayor Marion Barry infamously stated, "Washington should not be called the murder capital of the world. We are the targeted-killing capital of the world."