After three rounds of contested votes — and some kitchenette caucusing — from 74 members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee last night, Sekou Biddle was selected to fill the seat once occupied by D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown until a special election can be held on April 26. Biddle won the first round of voting 35-31, but the eight votes claimed by longshot Ward 1 resident Stanley Mays was enough to deny him a majority. In round 2, Biddle and challenger Vincent Orange split the votes evenly, 37-37. After some kitchenette negotiations (as seen above), Biddle finally took the win in round 3, 40-31. Biddle will be sworn in today.

Some observations and thoughts after the jump, shared the only way I know how — bullet points.