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Update: Vincent Orange confirmed to The Washington Post that he is resigning.

While he maintained that he was legally allowed to keep both jobs, “in all the criticism and all the other discussions I’ve been involved in, I believe it would be good to just have a good clean break on August 15,” he told The Post. “It’s just good for me being the new president and CEO of the chamber for me to totally concentrate on the chamber and being the voice for business.”

Original: After more than a week of defending his decision to remain on the D.C. Council while also becoming the next president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, it looks like Vincent Orange will resign from his at-large seat.

NBC 4’s Tom Sherwood reported earlier today that Orange was “in talks” to step down from the council, and The Washington Post says that he will resign effective August 15, the same day he is set to begin his new post as the head of an industry lobbying group.

Orange lost his Democratic primary race to Robert White, so he will not be on the ballot come November.

As recently as Wednesday, Orange maintained that “there is no conflict. I have been advised by the board of ethics and our own counsel that there is no outright prohibition against me holding this job.”

His decision to collect two paychecks came under fire from other members of the council, the D.C. GOP, a former Chamber president, and the Washington Post editorial board, to name a few. D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson called the situation “a mess” in an interview on News8 on Thursday. “Resigning would get rid of this mess, and it is a mess,” he said.

Now, if Orange goes through with the resignation, the D.C. Democrats can name a replacement for him and the Board of Elections could hold a special election, according to The Post. At-large Councilmember Anita Bonds, who also serves as the head of the D.C. Dems, told The Post that Dems would most likely choose White as the interim replacement.