So far, the town halls hosted by presumptive Mayor-elect Vince Gray have been held in wards where he cleaned up (5, 7) or where he got his clock cleaned (2,3).

But yesterday’s Ward 1 town hall was the first Gray convened in a ward that split about as close to even as the Democratic primary got: 60 to 40, in favor of Mayor Adrian Fenty. (Ward 6 is the other, having gone 55-45 for Fenty.)

The audience was large, filling the auditorium of the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School and an overflow room. It also seemed more diverse than in past town halls, with a healthy mix of younger white residents, long-term African Americans and a large group of Hispanic voters.

Observations and thoughts, after the jump.