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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.
As of December 2018, the eight ward and four at-large council members receive an annual salary of $140,161, while the council chairman receives an annual salary of $210,000. [23] [24] According to a 2011 article in The Washington Post, the DC council were the second-highest-paid local representatives of large cities in the United States. [25]
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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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Alexander was one of two DC council members to reject gay marriage when it was put to vote November 10, 2009, by the Council of the District of Columbia. [ 8 ] Alexander opposed DC's Death with Dignity legislation that would allow terminally ill patients to end their suffering.
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] Allen was opposed to the process, saying that only the voters should choose the replacement for an at-large vacancy, not a small group of party committee members. [11]