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The council member who served the shortest period of time is Arrington Dixon, who served 121 days between his special appointment to an at-large seat on August 15, 1997, and December 14, 1997 (when David Catania was sworn in after winning a special election on December 3, 1997).
Given the limited number of council members, nearly every member of the council has, in effect, the opportunity to chair a committee. [17] Commentators have questioned the legislature's structure noting that with 13 members nearly any piece of legislation can pass with just seven votes, leading to accusations that the council can too easily ...
Pages in category "Members of the Council of the District of Columbia" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wendell Felder (born 1991) is an American politician from Washington, D.C. Felder, a member of the Democratic Party, is the presumptive nominee for the Ward 7 seat on the Council of the District of Columbia.
While president, the group voted to urge the Council of the District of Columbia to pass a law legalizing same-sex marriage. [ 9 ] In 2012, the D.C. Democratic State Committee chose the person to replace Phil Mendelson as at-large council member for 70 days before a special election was held. [ 11 ]
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.
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May 2, 1995 - ran for Ward 8 council member in special election to replace Marion Barry, who had become mayor, but was defeated by Eydie Whittington, Barry's chosen successor, by a two-vote margin [5] September 10, 1996 - defeated Whittington in Democratic primary [6] November 5, 1996 - elected Ward 8 council member [7]