Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) may not be resigning, but he’s quickly racking up a roster of people seeking to replace him next year.

Terry Lynch, the executive director of the Downtown Cluster of Congregations and a Mt. Pleasant resident, confirmed yesterday evening that he’s “looking very hard” at the possibility of running for Graham’s seat in 2014, making him the second candidate to announce—or at least hint at—a challenge to the four-term incumbent. (Former U Street ANC commissioner Brianne Nadeau was the first.)

“I’m looking forward to getting Ward 1 to where Ward 1 can get,” said Lynch, who came to D.C. in 1977 to attend Georgetown University. Lynch said that the ward had made progress under Graham, but that “we could be doing so much more.” He cited school buildings and other facilities that are “not in the condition they should be,” and also said that the ward gets “short-shrifted” when it comes to public services.

This won’t be Lynch’s first run—as a 31-year-old in 1990 he ran for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council, eventually losing to Linda Cropp. (It may have been for the best—Cropp beat Marion Barry in the general election, one of the few political loses he’s suffered over his long career.) More recently, Lynch was closely associated to Mayor Adrian Fenty, serving as an unpaid advisor during his failed re-election bid.

Though Graham has fended off worthy opponents in the past, recent scandals have made him more vulnerable, should he choose to run again. Both the Metro board and the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability recently found evidence that Graham improperly tried to influence a Metro land deal, leading the Post’s editorial board to call for his resignation. (He refused to do so on Friday.)

Want to know more about Lynch? Last year the Post published a fantastic profile on him, which included this:

Lynch acknowledges that he has not cornered the market on normality. His first meal of the day is often an oatmeal cookie for lunch. He prefers to wash dishes by hand even though he owns a dishwasher. He refuses to eat in any restaurant that’s not located within the District, figuring his money shouldn’t go to supporting businesses elsewhere. He dislikes the idea of taking a vacation.

“I don’t find them relaxing,” he says, sitting in his office in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. His wooden desk is scuffed. A misshapen sweater drips from a hanger.

The Democratic primary is in April 2014.