Hot! Marion Barry Easily Wins

(AP. ABC7) - D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry , a former four-term mayor, simply presented away from four Democratic challengers intended for his Ward seven Council seat.

Continue reading

57 Comments

Post some sort of comment

Barry easily kept off a number of Democratic challengers throughout his D.C. Council primary elecion. (Photo: Jay Westcott) More on this tale Highlights of Barry's epic Twitter celebration

Barry, 76, possesses exclusively missing one election in his career - inside 1990, after he were being sentenced to help five months within government prison over a medicine charge.

In your Democratic most important for a good at-large Council seat, Councilmember Vincent Orange presented a trim direct around previous meanwhile councilmember Sekou Biddle.

With hundred percent connected with precincts reporting, Orange led by 523 votes, or maybe 1 percentage point.

Nearly 3,800 absentee ballots always been to be able to end up being counted. Elections administrators could tally these individuals on April 13, 10 times following a primary.

Orange conquered Biddle last year throughout a unique election, plus Orange recently recognized finding suspicious money-order contributions during in which campaign. The money have also been linked to business person Jeffrey Thompson, in whose home along with workplace have been looked by u . s . authorities during a wide-ranging exploration into campaign financial in the actual district.

Councilmember Muriel Bowser, D-Ward 4, and Councilmember Yvette Alexander, D-Ward 7, won his or her primaries about multiple opponents.

Democrat Jack Evans of Ward couple of ran unopposed.

Democratic turnout seemed to be 15.5 percent, which can be similar to previous primaries to get Council races. This year, that Council main plus presidential main were used about the same daytime for any very first time.