Photo by Matt.Dunn.

Good morning, Washington. Believe it or not, Vincent Orange finally won an election last night, pulling approximately 28 percent of the vote to narrowly defeat Patrick Mara and return to the Council. Obviously, there’s plenty of narratives to digest in the election’s wake. There’s Orange himself, who used big labor and a big bank account to fulfill a January prophecy that he’d be back. (Orange even did it without the assist of major media endorsements.) There’s also the performance of Mara — and his assertions that votes for non-Orange Democrats cost him the election. There’s an interesting story in interim Councilmember Sekou Biddle, who finished third and couldn’t even carry his home ward. Then there’s the Board of Elections and Ethics, who did a pretty great job of getting the numbers out in a timely fashion (even though there appears to be some slight discrepancies in the numbers on the BOEE website and the actual number of people who voted). Speaking of votes, perhaps the first narrative we need to consider is the most depressing one: even with the larger number BOEE is touting, around 88 percent of the city couldn’t be bothered to vote in an election whose result was decided by around a thousand votes.

The Judy Banks Show: That’s what it’ll be on Friday during the next hearing held by Mary Cheh looking into personnel practices of the Gray administration. Banks, the city’s former interim human services director, will talk — but the list of individuals who were unable to be subpoenaed or are taking the Fifth includes Sulaimon Brown, Cherita Whiting and alleged bag man Howard Brooks. Brown actually made an appearance at the Orange victory party last night. According to a memo sent to reporters, Council rules regarding compelling testimony mean that, even if he had been served last night, it would have been too late for the April 29 hearing. (Still, one has to wonder — how many public appearances can Brown make while the Council’s Office of the Secretary claims it can’t find him?)

Zoo Stabber Charged: Mshairi Alkebular, a 16-year-old from Barry Farm, was charged as an adult yesterday in the stabbing of another teenager inside the National Zoo on Monday afternoon. Alkebular’s defense attorney argued that he should be freed because the victim misidentified him, but the judge was unmoved by the argument and ordered Alkebular held until his May 6 hearing. According to the charges, Alkebular “threw chairs at the victim, hit him several times with his fists and then stabbed him twice in an elbow.”

Briefly Noted: Teen stabbed in Columbia Heights yesterday afternoon…Accidents snarl traffic at Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues, Georgia and Arkansas Avenues NW…Prince George’s County still waiting on ethics reform…Who’s protesting the sex shop in Manassas?

This Day in DCist: In 2010, a deal was reached to sell the Wizards, Caps and the Verizon Center to Ted Leonsis, the Zoning Commission gave the thumbs up for more bars and restaurants along the 14th and U Street corridors, and we stopped by a Twilight convention in Arlington.