Archive: 2010 District Election
Kwame Brown's rim-rocking injury
At Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray's birthday fundraiser Tuesday tonight, one Council member could only hobble his way through the crowd. Kwame Brown (D-At Large) broke his ankle on Sunday and says he will be having surgery today. How did it happen? Well, decide for yourself whether you believe Brown's...
By Tim Craig | November 11, 2009; 10:03 AM ET | Comments (3)
Big crowd joins Gray for birthday fundraiser (for mayor's race?)
Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray celebrated his birthday Tuesday night to raise money for his constituent services fund, but judging from the crowd, it looked like a pre-mayoral campaign kickoff. Former Mayor Sharon Pratt, former Council chairwoman Linda W. Cropp, and even Virginia Williams, mother of former Mayor Anthony A....
By Christopher Dean Hopkins | November 11, 2009; 08:51 AM ET | Comments (12)
Local politicos react to Tuesday's election
Political activists in the District are responding to Tuesday's elections that saw the GOP win the governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, while voters in Maine supported a referendum to repeal that state's gay marriage law. Robert Kabel, chairman of the D.C. Republican Committee, said Governors-Elect Robert F. McDonnell of...
By Gene Fynes | November 4, 2009; 11:38 AM ET | Comments (1)
A year ahead of election, Fenty stumps in Ward 7
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), who is up for re-election in less than a year, hit Ward 7 Monday evening. Fenty, who made a name for himself by knocking on doors and literally wearing a hole in his shoe in his first mayoral bid in 2006, is again going door-to-door....
By Christopher Dean Hopkins | October 19, 2009; 07:05 PM ET | Comments (43)
